ABSTRACT:
Ancient Khmer epigraphy demonstrates that śrāddha was performed in Cambodia at least as early as the end of the 9th century in both Brahmanical and Buddhist traditions, with an explicit indication to assist the poor and others, who presumably died without proper funeral rites. This is a significant Indo-Khmer ritual development for delivering the dead from misery and suffering while allowing the worship and propitiation of the ancestors. In this lecture, I will examine epigraphic and iconographic sources along with ethnological research in order to trace the historical development of the Indian śrāddha ritual from the Angkorian to the present, which together allow us to draw a general picture of the practice and its social meaning over time.
SPEAKER‘S recently published paper:
SIYONN Sophearith 2020 "INDO-KHMER ŚRĀDDHA: Assisting the Inauspicious Dead and the Worship of the Ancestors," MIKAELIAN et al. LIBER AMICORUM. Mélanges réunis en homage à Ang Choulean, Peninsule.
This lecture is co-organized by MARUI Masako and NHIM Sotheavin, Sophia University IAAMES.
主催
上智大学アジア文化研究所
日時
2021年8月29日(日)16:00−18:00
テーマ
プチュム・バン:死者を助ける長いカンボジアの伝統
"Pchum Ben: A Long Cambodian Tradition of Assisting the Dead"
講師
シヨン・ソピアリット氏(カンボジア文化芸術省、王立芸術大学教員)
SIYONN Sophearith
Director-General, Directorate General of Techniques for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Cambodia.
Lecturer, Faculty of Archaeology, Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh.