The Ramayana Tradition in Southern India and its Diffusion in Southeast Asia : a philological and ethnographical study

这项研究旨在进行广泛的研究，包括语言学和民族学等方法，以及南亚和东南亚等地区，不同于以前的印度学或古典印度研究学科，这些学科一直局限于纯粹的语言学研究方法。该研究项目的重点是双重的：佛教和印度教在东南亚国家的传播，以及南亚的宗教文化对东南亚传统形成的影响，包括印度支那，马来半岛和印度尼西亚群岛，佛教，印度教，道教，基督教和伊斯兰教等不同宗教并存。我特别关注了(1)泰国佛教及其对国际旅游的影响，(2)印度起源的泰国史诗《拉玛金》（Ramakien）及其皇室赞助，(3)当今缅甸的史诗传统，(4)爪哇中部和东部的印度史诗传统，以及(5)巴厘岛的史诗传统及其在全球化和国际旅游下的转变。到目前为止，我已经出版了一些出版物，包括与这个项目相关的不同主题的独立书籍。在这些作品中，以新的视角看待印度的宗教传统，特别是史诗，在历史上对东南亚人民的宗教文化和心态的形成产生了巨大的影响。作为我预期研究的重点之一，在对本项目收集的资料进行分析之后，将对散布在爪哇东部（爪哇帝汶）的佛教和印度教遗迹进行深入的研究，作为本研究活动的延伸。

This study aimed at an extensive research covering such methodologies as philology and ethnology and such areas as South Asia and Southeast Asia, as different from previous disciplines of Indology or Classical Indian studies which has been restricting itself in purely philological research methods. The focus of the research project was twofold : Buddhism and Hinduism as spread in Southeast Asian countries, and the religio-cultural influences of South Asia on the formation of traditions in Southeast Asia including Indo-china, Malay peninsula and Indonesian archipelago where different religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Christianity and Islam coexist side by side.My attention was duly paid inparticular to (1) the Thai Buddhism and the impact of international tourism thereupon, (2) Ramakien, an Thai epic of Indian origin and its royal patronage, (3) the epic tradition of present-day Myanmar, (4) the Indian epic traditions in Central and Eastern Java, and (5) the epicd tradition of Bali and its transformation under globalization and international tourism.I have so far produced several publications including independent books in different topics related to this project. In those works a new perspective to view Indian religious tradition, that of epics in particular, which historically exercised vast influence upon the formation of religious cultures and mentality of the peoples in Southeast Asia.Following the analysis of the collected materials in this project, as one of the focal points in my anticipated research, intensive coverage of the Buddhist and Hindu relics scattered in the eastern part of Java (Java Timor) will be made as the extension of this research activities.