摘要
首先分析了密教经典《梵天火罗九曜》的性质、内容、构成等,证实其为一部包含不少印度天文学内容的典型密教占星术经典。然后根据经文中提供的相关证据,用天文方法推算了该经的写作年代不晚于公元751年。并推断该经正文的主要内容极有可能出自一行的手笔或传授,但部分内容出于后人补述。另外,还对该经作为天文学在不同文化之间传播和融合之证据的重要意义做了深入阐发。
The features, contents and structure of the Esoteric Buddhist sutra Brahmahoranavagraha are analyzed first. It is then confirmed that the sutra is a copy of typical Esoteric Buddhist astrological text which contains quite a lot of Indian astronomical material. According to the evidences provided by the sutra itself, it is proved that the date of the sutra＇s being written out was not later than A. D. 751. It is also deduced that the main part of the sutra＇s content was most possibly written or initiated by Yi Xing, but some paragraphs were appended to the text by Yi Xing＇s successor or later readers of the sutra. Besides, the significance of the Brahmahoranavagraha as an important evidence of diffusion of astronomy between different cultures and countries is also elucidated penetratingly.
出处
《自然科学史研究》
CSCD
北大核心
2005年第4期319-329,共11页
Studies in The History of Natural Sciences
基金
国家社会科学基金项目"汉译佛经中的中西天文学交流与比较研究"(项目编号:03BZS038)
