2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A HISTORICAL STUDY OF BONJI MATERIALS.
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20520427
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Japanese linguistics
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| Research Institution | Yasuda Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
NUMOTO KATSUAKI Yasuda Women's University, 文学部, 教授 (40033500)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 日本語史 / 梵字音 / 悉曇学 / 密教 |
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| Research Abstract |
As the result of this research for three years, I have proved that the learning of Dharani by Japanese monks in Japan had been in keeping the original sounds of Bonji characters until the middle of Heian period.
The readings of the Bonji in Dharani had advanced Japanization since the middle of the Heian period. For the method of assimilating the Bonji to Japanese, double-dots had been made as a means to express the aspirated sounds, and voiced initials and Dakuten had been devised for the voiced sound descriptions, by the monks. Furthermore, the notations of contracted sounds and the writing distinctions of syllables ending in the syllabic nasal had been carried out.
Those sounds and notations were soon established as a Japanese phoneme. In the background I was sure that the learning of original Bonji sounds in Dharani had participated closely.
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