2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on the Devaraja Cult and its Arts in South Asia and Southeast Asia
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21242004
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Aesthetics/Art history
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ASANUMA Takeshi 独立行政法人国立文化財機構京都国立博物館, 学芸部, 保存修理指導室長 (10249914)
HASHIMOTO Yasuko 大阪人間科学大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (20411720)
FUKAMI Sumio 桃山学院大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (40144555)
ONO Kunihiko サイバー大学, 世界遺産学部, 教授 (50350426)
UENO Kunikazu 奈良女子大学, 古代学学術研究センター, 特任教授 (70000495)
ENOMOTO Fumio 大阪大学, 大学院・文学研究科, 教授 (70151991)
WATANABE Yoshinari 岡山大学, 大学院・社会文化科学研究科, 准教授
MARUI Masako 上智大学, 外国語学部, 准教授
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Keywords | 南アジア / 東南アジア / ヒンドゥー教 / 仏教 / 美術史 / 建築史 / デーヴァラージャ |
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| Research Abstract |
The Sanskrit word devaraja, frequently found in the Khmer inscriptions, has been clarified to mean ‘kings as gods’. It has been considered that some Khmer temples were tombs of rulers where the images of the deified rulers were enshrined. The devaraja cult was also popular in the East Javanese Period. But in Indian literatures, ‘devaraja’ is generally understood as ‘king of gods’, and the devarajacult does not seem to be popular in India. Though the images with inscriptions of the king’s names are not rare, they are surmised to denote the sacredness of their kingship.
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