建築用地への奉献について――建築論書『マヤマタ』を中心に――

抄録

This paper considers votive offerings to vastu-devatās who are invoked at the building site, focusing on the architectural theory of the Mayamata.

Even though the Mayamata and the Manasara are both classified as Hindu architectural theses, they are very different in their descriptions of votive offerings, and it consequently seems that there is no direct relationship between the Mayamata and the Manasara. Therefore the Mayamata is considered to have its own originality. And even in the area where the Mayamata was compiled, it was no longer respected at the end of the 20th century. In ancient times, consecration of the site was to be done correctly as described in the architectural thesis as a pre-architectural ritual, but later it became obsolete; only the name was left, and it was superseded by other rituals.