A Study of the origin of world renunciation and the relationship with the laity in Ancient India

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Noriaki HOSODA

基盤研究(B)

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1. The research makes clear the relationship between renunciants and laymen in Upanisad
 Brahmana and Aranyaka literature
 especially concerning Yajnavalkya and King Janaka. The Investigator researched rules and regulations of priesthood and royalty in Dharmasutra
 renouncement and the four stages of Brahmin life in Vedanta philosophy.2. Renunciants in Early Buddhism were investigated focusing on the Margavarga of the Samyutagama compared with Pali Nikaya
 Sanskrit Agama
 Vinaya and Abhidharma Literature. Based upon this study an annoted Japanese translation of the Margavarga of the Samyuta...