パーリ学仏教文化学
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シンハラ語 Muvadev dā vata について
ナーラダ ラブガマ
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2017 年 31 巻 p. 111-127

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The Muvadev dā vata tells the story of the Bodhisattva who was born as King Makhādeva, and is mainly based on the Pāli Makhādeva Jātaka. According to the story, King Makhādeva realized the consciousness of impermanence and renounced his household life after being shown a grey hair from his head by his barber. After practicing an austere life in the Himālaya forests, he was finally born in the Brahma world.
The original story of King Makhādeva first appears in the Pāli Majjhima Nikāya Makhādeva Sutta, and in its commentaries in a more detailed form. In the Sutta, it clearly states that the only way to attain emancipation is the realization of the four noble truths and the practice of the eightfold noble path. In this context, the Jātaka and Cariyāpiṭaka, the two other Pāli sources that describe Makhādewa’s story, run contrary to the Pāli Sutta and strongly emphasize the idea of renunciation (nekkhamma) as the way to attain emancipation. The Sinhalese Muvadev dā vata also lacks the detailed explanations of the bodhisattva path, contained in the Makhādeva Sutta and Pāli Jātaka.
This paper analyzes the various differences among the Pāli and Sinhalese sources (including Pāli chronicles) regarding the Makhādeva story and focuses on the Muvadev dā vata and its relation to the king Parākramabāhu the great, how it influenced and developed the bodhisattva ideal in the medieval period of Sri Lanka.

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