2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Preparatory Studies of MaitrayaniyaSamhita I 5

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20820004
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
Research Institution	Tohoku University
Principal Investigator	KASAMATSU Sunao Tohoku University, 総合科学系, 助教 (40510558)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	ヴェーダ / インド学 / 宗教学 / 古代宗教 / 原典翻訳 / 民俗学
Research Abstract	The agnyupasthana, "adoration of the sacred fires", is an obligatory rite for sacrificers performed after the evening agnihotra. Only few attempts have so far been made at this rite. The aim of this study is to examine MS I 5, treatment of the agnyupasthana. MS I 5,1-4 records the formulas for this rite and MS I 5,5-12 contains the corresponding brahmana. Mantras of MS I 5,1 are mentioned in MS I 5,5-6 separately. MS I 5,5 deals with a daily agnyupasthana performed after the evening agnihotra while MS I 5,6 treats the agnyupasthana, which should be performed once a year. In MS I 5,5 svarga-(heaven) is used as adjective likewise in RV, AV, YS's mantra-portion. From this fact it comes to know that MS's prose-portion belongs to an old stratum compared with other YSs. Again, I also dealt with an interesting story of the Manu's five sons described in MS I 5,8.