59-05-032 Proceeding
128 Proceedings of the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Congress the Saundarananda , Aśvaghoṣa described Lord Buddha’s stories fromhis faith and his brahmanism traditions, and inserted useful knowledge and practices for the readers until the present time. For example, in Chapter 13, titled “śīlenḍriyajaya” (moral conduct and faculty of sense), relates about how to behave and live the life successfully. In Chapter 14, titled “ādiprasthāna” (a preliminary procedure of the performance) related about how to eat and the method of alleviating sleepiness. Chapter 15, titled “vitarkaprahāṇa” (abandoning doubt), relates about methods of abandoning doubt, etc. This work is well known as a story about the love of Nanda and Sundarī . In fact, it is not just a matter of romantic love, but there are knowledge of the practices in daily life in those days. This gives the readers who were contemporary with the poet or those in the present still get useful knowledge from this work. So the researcher has the attention to select one practice from the story to analyze and criticize, i.e., as a method for alleviating sleepiness the poet inserted in Chapter 14. The researchers will study that practice to get a clear answer from the concept of the poet, to find out that the solution was from the imagination of the poet or he was influenced by the writings of other books, and whether it can be benefit or not. 1. Research Objectives 1.1 To find out the sources and the method for alleviating sleepiness in the Saundarananda . 1.2 To compare an application of the method for alleviating sleepiness in the Saundarananda and the modern method. 2. Scope and Delimitation of the Research This is an analytic study of the method for alleviating sleepiness in the Saundarananda , as studied from Chapter 14, titled “ādiprasthāna” (a preliminary procedure of the performance). The source materials used in the study are Mahākāvya Saundarananda by Aśvaghoṣa, translated by Samniang Luemsai, Ph.D., published by Paetmuengsiphanphrathammakhan Foundation in 2000, andThe Saundarananda of Aśvaghoṣa edited by E.H. Johnston, published in 1975 byMotilal Banarsidass. Moreover, there are Pali source materials and other related documents. 3. Method of Research This is a documentary research in interdisciplinary, including Pāli Language, Sanskrit Language, Buddhist Studies, and Medical Science, as follows: 3.1 Search and collect data from the primary sources, i.e., The Saundarananda. 3.2 Search and collect data from the secondary sources, i.e., The Tipiṭaka, and other scriptures, and related documents. 3.3 Collect and analyze the data, report the results in the descriptive form.
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