Comparative study on the cave monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism
Project/Area Number |
25420677
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Architectural history/Design
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Research Institution | Tottori University of Environmental Studies |
Principal Investigator |
Asakawa Shigeo 公立鳥取環境大学, 環境学部, 教授 (90183730)
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Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
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Keywords | ブータン / チベット仏教 / 密教 / 崖寺 / 瞑想 / 懸造 / 放射性炭素年代測定 / 民話 / 洞穴 / 洞穴僧院 / ヤク遊牧民 / 鳥葬 / 聖性顕現 / チベット系仏教 / 上座部仏教 / ミャンマー / 瞑想修行 / ラカン / 石窟寺院 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Cliff monasteries are constructed at the several districts in Bhutan highlands and the meditation caves are established on the cliffs apart from the main hall called lakhang. The monasteries had not the main hall, but only meditation caves and the monks were devoted to long-term meditation practice at the caves before 17th century when the nation state was founded. Its tradition have been inherited to nowadays. We have investigated 15 monasteries in total to understand the actual situation of such meditation caves. In Jambay Lakhang monastery, which was transmitted to have been constructed by Srongbtsansgampo at the time when Tufan ancient Tibetan dynasty was founded at 7th century, we succeeded to get the sample of radio-carbon dating from inner sanctum central pillar of the main hall. The result is 1632-1666 cal AD (reliable limit 74.4%). It is very exciting that the result points not the foundation time of Tufan dynasty, but the time after the foundation of Bhutan national state.
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Report
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Research Products
(23 results)