2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on Eary Mananubhav Scriptures
| Project/Area Number |
23720025
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
IDA Katsuyuki 金沢大学, 国際文化資源学研究センター, 客員研究員 (60595437)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | マハーヌバーヴ / バクティ / マラーティー語 / ヒンドゥー教 / 聖者 / インド / インド哲学 / 宗教学 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this research project, I examined hindu scriptures such as the Sutrapath and Smrtisthal of the Mahanubhav sect developed in Maharashtra after 13th century. The sect's theory of avatars --- a manifestation of the supreme God(parameshvar) descended to the earth as a human --- became a fundamental concept of their saint worship. Then this concept also played an important roll in the later development of local and popular Hinduism in this area.
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