1633001 Indological Studies
| Numbering Code | U-LET13 31633 LJ36 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | special lecture | |
| Target Year | Target Student | |||
| Language | Japanese and English | Day/Period | Fri.3 | |
| Instructor name | YOKOCHI YUUKO (Graduate School of Letters Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | Study of the Pasupatas, the oldest religious group of Saivism, has made the significant progress in recent decades with the discovery and publication of new material. In this class I will deal with the Pasupata-sutra, the oldest extant doctrinal scripture of the group, accompanied by Kaundinya’s commentary, and aim at reconsidering the formation process of the scripture, the relationship between the Sutra and its commentary, the continuity from the Vedic religion to the Pasupatas, the position of the group in the Saivism in general and so on. | |||
| Course Goals | Students can be acquainted with the style of religious scripture and its commentary, and acquire a deeper knowledge of the early Hinduism from the viewpoint of Saivism. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
Class 1: Introduction to the Pasupatas Classes 2: Recent trends of the Pasupata study: some passages related with the Pasupatas in the recently discovered literature and the relevant epigraphical material Class 3: An overview of the Pasupata-sutra Classes 4-6: An overview of Chapter 1 of the Pasupatasutra with its commentary Classes 7-10: Intensive reading and explanation of Chapter 2 of the Pasupatasutra with its commentary Classes 11-14: Intensive reading and explanation of Chapter 3 of the Pasupatasutra with its commentary Class 15: Concluding discussion |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Performance in class | |||
| Course Requirements | Basic ability of Sanskrit literacy | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students should prepare their translation of the text before the classes in which we carry out the intensive reading. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References |
All material for class will be uploaded and the information will be provided in the first class. Main edition and English translation of the work are as follows, but we will use the new edition of the text in preparation as much as possible. Pasupata Sutras with Pancharthabhashya of Kaundinya. Edited by R. Ananthakrishna Sastri. Trivandrum Sanskrit Series, CXLIII. The Oriental Manuscripts Library of the University of Travancore, Trivandrum, 1940. Hara Minoru, Materials for the study of Pasupata Saivism. Unpublished PhD thesis, Harvard University, 1966. |
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| References, etc. |
Hara Minoru, Pasupata Studies. Edited by Jun Takashima. Publications of the de Nobili Research Library. Vienna, 2002. Rep.: Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi. Other references will be presented in class. |
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