| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The Asvamedha, royal horse sacrifice, is well known as one of the most large-scaled ritual in the history of India. Its scene was first described in the Rgveda I 162-163 and numerous follower texts in the Veda. Further it has been taken in the story as an important motive in various texts, such as Mhabharata, Ramayana and classical Kavyas. So this ritual has widely influenced the culture and society in India.
In spite of its importance, however, the Asvamedha "in a wider sight" had been investigated very little. Therefore this project aimed to promote a comparative study across three fields, namely ritual, philosophical thought and literature. From this investigation we got significant viewpoints which enable us to understand India's culture nad society more deeply than before.
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