2022 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Buddhism from India to China via Turfan: Investigation of Tocharian Buddhist Scholastic Texts based on the Sanskrit, Pali, Chinese and Tibetan Parallels
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22K20021
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
Pan Tao 京都大学, 文学研究科, 特定講師 (40961553)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-08-31 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | Tocharian / Sanskrit / Buddhism / Abhidharma / Linguistics |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I have given three international conference talks: (1) From India to China via Turfan Chin. (2) A Forgotten Life of the Buddha: The Vajrapani-Buddhacarita in its Tocharian B and Chinese Versions with Loukota. (3) Tocharian Fachsprache in the Medical, Magical and Legal Context. I have published two papers: (1) Meng and Pan 2022. The Vyaghri-story in Xinjiang A new textual version rediscovered in Tocharian. (2) Pan 2023. Study of Tocharian Abhidharma Texts.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.
Reason
I have been working on the Tocharian fragments related to the research project, especially the scholastic texts. The relevant Tocharian texts are re-edited and translated into English with detailed philological and buddhological commentary. In addition to the computer-assisted philological investigation, linguistic and etymological analysis of modified Tocharian lexemes are performed. Research concerning Tocharian Buddhism and Buddhist terminology continues as well. And I am now preparing two papers on Tocharian lexicon and etymology.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
For FY 2023 I will keep working on the Tocharian scholastic texts, as well as Tocharian Buddhism and Buddhist terminology. Two papers will be published: (1) Pan, Tao. 2023. Comparative Study of Tocharian Rama Story. In an upcoming Festschrift. (in English). (2) Pan, Tao. 2023. Tocharian B ore (plural wrenta) and Nominal Reduplication in Tocharian and PIE. Indogermanische Forschungen 128 (forthcoming). (in English)
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| Causes of Carryover |
The flight ticket for my second business trip in Germany in March 2023 was paid by the hosting institute (Mainz Academy), so I did not use my budget to pay for the flight. I will use the amount for my research work next fiscal year, for example to purchase books on linguistics.
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