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東文研セミナー「Mapping Meaning onto the Stupa and Translating this into Ritual: The Example of the Series of Rings (cakrāvalī) Crowning the Svayambhū Caitya of Kathmandu」開催のお知らせ
講師： Alexander von Rospatt (Professor, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley)
日時：2026年11月12日（木）16:00-17:30
会場：東京大学東洋文化研究所３階大会議室
司会：馬場紀寿（東京大学東洋文化研究所、教授）
講演要旨：Caityas, as stupas are commonly known in the Nepalese tradition, have invited various attempts to map doctrine and cosmology onto the edifice. In this lecture, I examine how a ritual chronicle recording the renovation of the Svayambhū caitya of Kathmandu in the mid-eighteenth century offers competing interpretations of the series of thirteen rings (cakrāvalī) rising above the harmikā. It interprets this series in terms of the Mahāyāna path and in cosmological terms by equating the tiers with classes of deities. The talk examines how these two equations have been translated into ritual practice. I supplement the chronicle’s account by drawing on narrative sources, architectural drawings, and fieldwork documenting contemporary practice.
登録種別：研究会関連
登録日時：WedOct2812:45:522026
登録者 ：馬場・伊藤・神林
掲載期間：20261029 - 20261112
当日期間：20261112 - 20261112
