オホハラヘの成立に関与した異文化文献 ヤマヒとワザハヒを追加する際に使われた『藥師經』 (３)

According to the Buddhist law of causality, the life span of each person depends on what he or she did in the past, and even the Buddha cannot interfere in it. It follows that Buddhists are not interested in life extension. The Yakusikyau (藥師經), however, refers to exceptional cases. Death can occur though the time has not yet come. Such death can be avoided by a spell, as it is not caused by previous acts. This kyau (經) gives a list of nine kinds of “untimely death” (-maran・ a /横死). Nos. 4 and 5 of this list, “death by drowning” (溺死) and “death by fire” (焼死) attracted the attention of the Japanese and were transferred to the list of “sins of this world” (國ツ罪) in the Kwautaizinguu-gisikityau (皇 太神宮儀式帳). These new items are called “kaha-iri-no-tumi” (川入リノ罪) or “sin of entering a river” and “hi-yaki-no-tumi” (火焼キノ罪) or “sin of being burned.”departmental bulletin pape