Ānanda was one of the closest relative of Buddha and at the same time was the servant who attended him for 25 years. In addition, he was so clever that he could memorize all the 84,000 sutras and thus took an essential role in the first saṃgīti. Later, he followed Mahākāśyapa to become the head of Buddhism. It means that Ānanda could become the most influential disciple in the fundamental Buddhism, even more than Śāriputra, the best disciple who entered into Nirvana earlier than Buddha. That is to say, the range of Ānanda was much wider than that of Śāriputra in the fundamental Buddhism. Therefore, the exact understanding on Ānanda will give us more precise viewpoint on the fundamental Buddhism. In this paper, an approach to the age of Ānanda was made. When the age of Ānanda is acquired more clearly, we can deduce the more correct understanding about the relationship between Buddha and Ānanda and the various aspects related with Buddhist history in the fundamental Buddhist era. Moreover, when the age of Ānanda is acquired exactly, we can find out Buddha’s position among his younger cousins and the situation of Devadatta’s saṃha-bheda in old age of Buddha more clearly. It also enables the more reasonable approach to the relationship among Buddha’s disciples, especially that between Mahā-Kāśyapa and Ānanda, and to the period between the first and the second saṃgīti as well. But, the age of Ānanda has so many confused elements in itself that it is not easy to approach it. For Ānanda, it is recorded in the Vinaya Pitaka that he made the pabbajja when Buddha returned to Kapila-vastu after his acquisition of Great Wisdom. But it is also recorded in a Buddhist document that he was born on the day of Buddha’s acquisition of Great Wisdom. Thus, the difference of age between two records is not small. Therefore, in this research, this kind of problem is sublated and the synthetic result for Ānanda’s age is sought.
目次
I. 序論291 II. 출신과 형제관계 291 1. 아난의 종족 293 2. 부친과 형제관계 298 III. 사실적인 관점 302 1. 아난의 출가 102 2. 大迦葉의 정법 부촉 308 IV. 종교적인 관점 313 1. 아난의 탄생기록 313 2. 捔術爭婚과 아난 316 V. 結論 319
