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Sengaku Mayeda

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Sengaku Mayeda
BornApril 1, 1931
Nagoya, Japan
OccupationWriter
AwardsPadma Shri
Third Order of Merit with the Middle Cordon of the Rising Sun
Buddhagunupakan Kancanakiartigun – Highest Decoration of Excellence
Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies Award
Academic Achievement Award
Japan Academy Award
Excellent Book Award
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Sengaku Mayeda is a Japanese writer, philosopher and teacher, known for his writings on Indian philosophy and Adi Shankara. He was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his services to the fields of literature and education.[1] He is the fourth Japanese to be honoured with Padma Shri, after Taro Nakayama, Shoji Shiba and Prof. Noboru Karashima.[2] He is also a recipient of the Third Order of Merit with the Middle Cordon of the Rising Sun of the Government of Japan, which he received in 2002.[2]

Biography[edit]

Adi Shankara - Raja Ravi Varma painting

Sengaku Mayeda was born on 1 April 1931 at Nagoya, in the prefecture of Aichi, in Japan.[2] He did his pre graduate studies at the College of General Education, in Tokyo and graduated with BA from the Department of Indian Philosophy and Buddhist Studies, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo, in 1955. He continued his post graduate studies at the University of Tokyo and secured his MA from the Department of Indian Philosophy, Division of Humanities, in 1957.[3]

His doctoral research was at the same school at the University of Tokyo and obtained a doctorate degree in 1962. This was followed by a doctoral degree, Doctor of Philosophy, from the University of Pennsylvania, under Professor W. Norman Brown in Rigveda and Sanskrit,[2] in the same year and, later, Doctor of Literature from University of Tokyo in 1973.[2][3][4]

In 1961, Sengaku Mayeda got the Harrison Research Fellow from University of Pennsylvania. A year later, he got the Faculty Research Fellowship of the American Institute of Indian Studies of University of Madras where he had the opportunity to associate with the noted philosopher, T. M. P. Mahadevan.[2][5] The next year, he got the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung fellowship and worked along with Prof. Paul Hacker[2] at the University of Münster, West Germany.[3]

Mayeda started his teaching career in 1964, joining the University of Pennsylvania as the Assistant Professor of Indian Philosophy. In 1968, he returned to Japan and to research as the Director of the Research Division of Suzuki Research Foundation in Tokyo where he worked till 1973. The next assignment was again at teaching, as the Assistant Professor of Indian Philosophy at University of Tokyo, and he retired as the Professor in 1991.[2][3]

After retirement from the Tokyo University, Mayeda was offered the post of the Professor of Indian Philosophy at Musashino Women's University. Three years later, he became the Vice President and worked there till 1998.[2] He continued as the Professor at the University till 2001 when he gave up on regular teaching.[3]

Sengaku Mayeda has held many important posts related to Philosophy and Indo Japanese relations. He has been a Director of the Indo-Japanese Association since 1983, a post he still holds. He was the President of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies for two terms, first from 1991 to 1995 and then from 1998 till 2002. He was the Chairman of the Graduate School of Human and Cultural Studies at the Musashino Women's University from 1999 to 2001.[3] He has also served as a member of the Steering Committee of Japan-India Friendship Year of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also worked as a member of the Steering Committee of the Federation Internationale des Societies Philosophie during the period from 2003 to 2008.[2]

Sengaku Mayeda presently holds the posts of the Executive Director of the Eastern Institute, founded by Hajime Nakamura,[2][4] the Chairman of Japan-India Academic Exchange in Humanities and Social Sciences and the President of the Ashikaga Gakko, Ashikaga.[3]

Publications[edit]

Sengaku Mayeda has written extensively about Adi Shakara and the Indian philosophies, by way of published books and articles. Among them, Thousand Teachings: The Upadesasahasri of Sankara, in two volumes, is counted as his masterpiece. The book is a critical study of 27 poetic and 11 prose manuscripts, translated into English by the author.[4]

Some of Mayeda's publications are:[2]

Book-author
Book-editor
  • Sengaku Mayeda, ed. (January 1, 2000). Way to Liberation: Indological Studies in Japan Vol.1. Manohar Publishers and Distributors. p. 289. ISBN 978-8173043741.
  • Y Matsunami, M Tokunaga, H Marui Edited By: Sengaku Mayeda (Author) (2001). Way to Liberation. Manohar Publishers (IND). ASIN B00CBVS9AE. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
Articles

He has also been a prolific writer of articles which have been published in many journals of international repute[3] and regularly gives lectures on the subject.[6][7]

Positions held[edit]

Mayeda is the Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo and Musashino University.[2] He has held, during his career, various positions of importance.

  • President - Ashikaga Gakko, Ashikaga[2]
  • Director - Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies[2]
  • Director - Association of Buddhist Thought[2]
  • Councilor - Japanese Association of Religious Studies[2]
  • Chairman - Editorial Committee of the English Tripitaka[2]
  • Chairman - Society for the Promotion of Buddhism[2][8]
  • President - Nakamura Hajime Eastern Institute, Tokyo[2]
  • Director - Nakamura Hajime Memorial Hall, Matsue, Shimane Prefecture[2]
  • Advisor - Indo-Japanese Association[2]
  • Director - Indo-Japanese Association[2]
  • Special Advisor of the Sanin-India Association and Buddhist Studies[2]

Awards and recognitions[edit]

He is a research fellow of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China and is a recipient of Doctorate of Literarture (Honoris Causa) from the Buddhasravaka Bhiksu University, Sri Lanka.[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b "Padma Awards Announced". Circular. Press Information Bureau, Government of India. January 25, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Embassy Bio" (PDF). Indian Embassy – Tokyo. January 27, 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g h i j k l "FISP Profile". Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie (International Federation of Philosophical Societies). 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  4. ^ Jump up to:a b c "Upadesasahasri of Sankara". Exotic India. 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  5. ^ "TMP Mahadevan". Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham. 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  6. ^ "Lectures". Japan India Association. 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  7. ^ "Lecture 2". Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai. 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2014.
  8. ^ "Society for Promotion of Buddhism". Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai. 2013. Retrieved August 31, 2014.

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前田 專學（まえだ せんがく、1931年4月1日 - ）は、インド哲学者、仏教学者、東京大学名誉教授。文学博士。公益財団法人中村元東方研究所理事長・東方学院長。

来歴・人物[編集]

愛知県名古屋市に生まれる。実兄は原始仏教及び上座仏教研究者の前田惠學、祖母は日本画家の前田錦楓。

愛知県立瑞陵高等学校を経て、1955年東京大学文学部印度哲学梵文学科卒。同大学院人文科学研究科修士課程修了後、フルブライト奨学生として米国ペンシルベニア大学大学院東洋学専攻博士課程に留学。修了後、同大学助教授などを経て、1982年に東京大学文学部印度哲学科教授。1991年定年退官、名誉教授。武蔵野大学教授・副学長を歴任。1973年文学博士（東京大学）。

インド哲学仏教学・比較思想学・東洋思想学研究の第一人者だった中村元の直弟子で、後継者の一人。中村元の退官後に講座を継いだ。中村の没後に、インド学仏教学・比較思想および東洋思想の発展を目指し創設した「財団法人東方研究会・東方学院」（現・公益財団法人中村元東方研究所）の理事長・学院長職を引き継いだ。

インド・中国・韓国・アメリカ・ヨーロッパなど世界の国々の学界に学際的研究成果を発表している。なお日本最古の学校である足利学校の庠主（しょうしゅ、学長）に就くなど、人文教育の顕彰も行っている。

学歴・職歴[編集]

名誉博士学位[編集]

  • 2003年12月 名誉博士(Mahamaopadhyaya, Sri Sri Sitaramdas Omkarnath Samskrita Siksha Samsad)
  • 2009年5月 名誉文学博士(Doctor of Literature Degree:Sri Lanka National University of Buddhasravaka Bhikshu, Anuradhapura-Sri Lanaka)

受賞・栄典[編集]

主な著書[編集]

電子出版
  • 『ブッダのおしえとインドの思想　前田專學講演録』響流書房、2017年

博士論文[編集]

  • 『Shankara's Upadeshasahasri, Critically ed. with Introduction and Indices(Hokuseido Press), A Thousand Teachings(University of Tokyo Press and State University of New York Press)1973など。

主な編著[編集]

主な翻訳[編集]

  • 『ジャータカ全集（3） 第191話－第300話』 春秋社、1982年　ISBN 4393116232
  • シャンカラ 『ウパデーシャ・サーハスリー 真実の自己の探求』 岩波文庫、1988年　ISBN 4003326415
  • ハリ・プラサード・シャーストリー『こころに響く日本　1916～1918: あるヒンドゥー思想家の訪日印象記』響流書房、2019年（電子書籍）

脚注[編集]

  1. ^ “日印協会役員等一覧”. 公益財団法人日印協会. 2014年4月4日閲覧。
  2. ^ “学春の叙勲、褒章―私学人多数”. 全私学新聞 (2002年5月3日). 2023年5月23日閲覧。

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