Making a Critical Edition of Tsushimabaiyo, the Odia Mahabharata Discovered in Japan

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23520072
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Indian philosophy/Buddhist studies
• Research Institution: Otani University
• Principal Investigator: DASH Shobha 大谷大学, 文学部, 准教授 (20460660)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 津島貝葉 / マハーバーラタ / 貝葉写本 / Mahabharata / Saraladasa / palmleaf-manuscript / Orissa / Oriya

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present research aims to make a critical edition of the “Tsushima-baiyo”. It is a palmleaf manuscript of the Aranyaka parba of the Oriya Mahabharata (Sarala Mahabharata) and seems to be written in the 17th century. Apart from the two published texts, 9 palmleaf manuscripts from different parts of India and Germany were collected and were used as variant manuscripts for this editing work. A chart of the script used in the Tsushima-baiyo was prepared with their diacritical marks for the correct reading of the manuscript as well as for the correct input of the critical edition of the Tsushima-baiyo.
Through the present research of making the critical edition of the Tsushima- baiyo;, it became evident that the Sarala Mahabharata has been transmitted having at least two lineages.

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人文学