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

这项研究的目的是广泛地研究文献学、民族学以及南亚、东南亚等地区的方法论，不同于以往的印度学学科或古典印度研究，一直局限于纯文献学的研究方法。研究的重点是双重的：佛教和印度教在东南亚国家的传播，以及南亚对东南亚传统形成的宗教文化影响，包括印度教-中国、马来半岛和不同宗教如佛教、印度教、道教、基督教和伊斯兰教共存的印度尼西亚群岛。我特别关注(1)泰国佛教及其国际旅游的影响，(2)起源于印度的泰国史诗及其皇家赞助，(3)今天缅甸的史诗传统，(4)中、东爪哇、印度的史诗传统，(5)巴厘岛的EPICD传统及其在全球化和国际旅游中的转变。到目前为止，我已经出版了几本出版物，包括与这个项目相关的不同主题的独立书籍。这些作品以新的视角看待印度的宗教传统，特别是史诗传统，这些传统在历史上对东南亚人民宗教文化和心理的形成产生了巨大的影响。在对本项目收集的材料进行分析后，作为我预期研究的重点之一，将对散布在爪哇东部(爪哇东帝汶)的佛教和印度教遗迹进行深入的报道，作为本次研究活动的延伸。

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.