著者
伊藤 頼人
出版者
東洋大学大学院
雑誌
東洋大学大学院紀要 = Bulletin of the Graduate School, Toyo University (ISSN:02890445)
巻号頁・発行日
no.54, pp.167-189, 2017

Weapons described in the Mahabharata war are sword, spear, club, axe, and supernatural weapons of fantastic image, etc. However, bows and arrows are so often referred. Instead arrows have various kind of name, we don’t know they are different or same definitely. In this paper I focus on a kind of arrow named nārāca. In the Mahabharata arrows are mostly śara or bāṇa. These two words mean “reed” too and some scholars think that these arrows are made of reed. Some arrows in Sanskrit may have shape characteristic and we can distinguish them in form. Some dictionaries teach us that nārāca is an iron arrow. And I will argue following questions. Who use it? To whom it is used? Which kind of words; verbs, nouns and adjectives, are used with it?
著者
伊藤 頼人
出版者
日本印度学仏教学会
雑誌
印度學佛教學研究 (ISSN:00194344)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.68, no.2, pp.1096-1093, 2020-03-20 (Released:2020-09-10)
参考文献数
9

The term “dharma” is used in documents in ancient India to mean “justice,” “law,” or “virtue.” In contrast to dharma as an idea, in the Mahābhārata Dharma is a god with a body and mind, embodying the concept of “Dharma as god.” Dharma acts as the father of Yudhiṣṭhira, the oldest of the five sons of King Pāṇḍu (the Pāṇḍava) in the main story of the Mahābhārata. Dharma subjects Yudhiṣṭhira to three trials.This work focuses on trends evident in stories of the three trials of Yudhiṣṭhira. First, these stories have a common structure. Second, the stories relate the three trials in sequence. Third, ānṛśaṃsya (mercy) is described as the highest value. In stories of the three trials, ānṛśaṃsya is esteemed and described as specific behavior. Fourth, Yudhiṣṭhira chooses to act of his own will rather than following the recommendations of others. These trends are common to stories of the three trials.