A Comparative Study on Pali Scriptures and Northern Buddhist Materials

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24720025
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: BABA Norihisa 東京大学, 東洋文化研究所, 准教授 (40431829)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: サンスクリット / パーリ語 / 上座部 / 大寺派 / 宝篋印経 / パーリ仏典圏 / パーリ語主義

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The project elucidates one of the primary reasons why Buddhist scriptures belonging to the Mahavihara school in Sri Lanka were transmitted in Pali while in continental India (in the age of the “Sanskrit Cosmopolis”) many Buddhist scriptures were written or rewritten in Sanskrit. On this topic, I have published three articles entitled (1) “A Short History of a Sanskrit Buddhist Scripture from Sri Lanka to East Asia,” (2) “Language Ideology of Pali,” and (3) “The Development of a Pali Liteary Culture: From Sri Lanka to Continental Southeast Asia.”

Free Research Field

仏教学