『瑜伽師地論』에 나타나는 聲明處에 관한 고찰

Abstract

This paper is focused on examine some aspect of philology in Mahāyāna Buddhism. From Sakyamini's time, Buddhist group prefers to use dialect rather than Sanskrit. However, due to the fact that Sanskrit becomes for public use in Indian society, Buddhist group should accept Sanskrit. Buddhist group falls into a dilemma. It is because Brahman recognizes ultimate reality of Sanskrit, but Buddhism considers that it is only a means of communication. Therefore, it is main purpose of examining how Boddhisattvas of Mahāyāna Buddhism take attitude for philology in Mahāyāna manuscripts. Among Mahāyāna manuscripts, in this paper Yogācārabhūmi, Mahāyānasūtrālaṃkāra, and Bodhisattvabhūmi are examined. These texts are mutually related, especially some texts are alternative versions of Bodhisattvabhūmi in the Yogācārabhūmi. In this paper two different attitudes are compared; first is Śrutimayī prajñ of Yogācārabhūmi and the other is Bodhisattvabhūmi of Yogācārabhūmi. First, Śrutimayī prajñ is emphasized that Buddhisattvas must muster philology as one of practices. In this place philology is explained to devide into six different aspects. However, compared to Original Sanskrit text, it is proved that Xianzang arranged these six aspects when he translated it into Chinese. Second, Bodhisattvabhūmi is emphasized on mastering meanings of language in order to understand Buddha's teaching. It is not only appeared in Yogācārabhūmi, but also the other three texts. Therefore, even though Mahayana Buddhists study philology of Sanskrit, it is for understanding right meaning of Buddha's teachings.