Study on Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and the Mandala

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02050
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Chinese philosophy/Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
• Research Institution: The Nakamura Hajime Eastern Institute
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA Kimiaki 公益財団法人中村元東方研究所, その他部局等, 専任研究員 (00171744)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 曼荼羅 / インド密教 / サンスクリット写本 / チベット仏教美術

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Regarding the mandala and esoteric Buddhist art, I visited Raja monastery and Bya khyung monastery in 2015 and 2017 and examined the sand-mandala creation.
Concerning Tibetan Buddhist iconography, I identified fragment of Mitrayogin's 108 mandalas from the collection of Dargye Himalayan Museum in Chengdu. Moreover, from the Tokyo National Museum, where I am working as a visiting research fellow, I made several discoveries. I published Japanese-English biligual monograph on Sanskrit manuscript of the Samajasadhanavyavastholi and the Samantabhadra nama sadhana-tika. I also completed the imade database of Buddhist art photographed by the late Fujita Hiroki in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Tibet.

Free Research Field

インド学・仏教学