- Specially-appointed Professor (Part-time)
- Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Research Field | History of Eastern Thought, Buddhist Studies |
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Affiliated Academic Societies | Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, Society for the Study of Pali and Buddhist Culture, International Association of Buddhist Studies |
Academic Degrees | PhD., The University of Freiburg |
Brief Biography | Born in Osaka in 1969. Research Fellow at the Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures, Ryukoku University. He received his PhD in Indology from the University of Freiburg, Germany. His areas of specialization include the intellectual history of Indian Buddhism and Buddhist commentarial literature produced in Southeast Asia. He is the author of Die Vessantaradīpanī. Ein Pali Kommentar aus Nordthailand (2011). His current research focuses on the historical development of Buddhist thought from the Buddha to Nāgārjuna and Vasubandhu, and on comparative studies of Pāli and Sanskrit texts. |
Achievements and Awards | October 5, 2024: Pali Studies and Buddhist Culture Society Academic Award |
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Research Overview
Intellectual history of Indian Buddhism, Buddhist Commentarial Literature Produced in Southeast Asia.
Research Keywords | History of Buddhist Thought, History of Theravāda Buddhism, History of Buddhist Literature, Linguistics of Middle Indic Languages |
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Academic Papers | ""Dialogues About Death in Milindapañha and Carakasaṃhitā,"" Journal of Indian Philosophy 52-5, 2024. |
Publications
Die Vessantaradīpanī: Ein Pāli Kommentar aus Nordthailand. Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften, 2011.