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待兼山論叢. 哲学篇. 2020, 54, p. 75-92

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2020-12-25

The Vādhūla-Śrautasūtra (VādhŚS) is one of the oldest ŚSs, which are Indian ritual manuals. This is a study of its Vājapeya chapter based on the new reliable manuscripts that are found in the 1990s. The Vājapeya, one of the kingship rituals accompanied with some remarkable elements such as the chariot race, the royal consecration, and the climbing of the sacrificial post. VādhŚS puts the raceand the consecration before the climbing of the post, which is distinctively followed by the offering of the Marutvatīya-cup. The chariot race, especially, has many notable prescriptions that are not found in other Yajurvedic ŚSs: 1. First, the sacrificer puts on clothes made of Tr̥pā-grass, which is described samely in the Rājasūya of VādhŚS, but differently in the Rājasūya of other ŚSs. 2. After the Brahman-priest ascends the chari -ot-wheel reciting a mantra, the sacrificer recites a variation of the same mantra toward him, in which the word brahmaṇā is inserted, probably as a supplementary explanation of br̥haspatinā. 3. Immediately before the race, the sacrificer distributes golden chips to the participants of the race, reciting a variation of the so-called Ujjiti-mantra. After the race, the Adhvaryu-priest offers libations reciting its another variation. Whereas the Taittirīya-Saṁhitā (to which the VādhŚS has hitherto been said to belong) uses in this mantra imperfects describing the simple distant past, VādhŚS instead uses imperatives in one variation before the race and then aorist indicatives in the other describing the actual past after the race, according to what actually happens in the ritual, adding each form of three different numbers. 4. The libation, uniquely named Avacchinnahoma, should be offered relating to accidents during the race. 5. After the race, collecting the golden chips, the sacrificer utters “ I trade this (= Surā-upayāma-cup) for it (=vāja-, probably referring to the chips) of yours.” After that, the Brahman-priest drinks of the Madhu-cup reciting a mantra of an unknown source.

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ヴァージャペーヤ祭における戦車競走儀礼の諸相 : Vādhūla-Śrautasūtra 新写本に基づいて

坪田, さより

大阪大学大学院文学研究科

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2020-12-25

待兼山論叢. 哲学篇

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https://hdl.handle.net/11094/91360