The Champa Buddhist Votive Tablets at Ch6i Mountain in Quang Ngai, Vietnam

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  • ベトナム ・クアンガイ省チョーイ山から出士したチャンパの仏教奉献板

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This paper focuses on the Champa medieval Buddhist votive tablets recently found on Ch6i mountain, Quang Ngiii province, in central Vietnam. Through this discovery, more information has been added to our knowledge of Buddhism in medieval Champa and Southeast Asia. Examining these votive tablets, the paper suggests that Buddhism might not always have been the religion of only the elite who worshipped the Buddha at the D6ng Duang monastery. It is possible that local populations also practiced this religion in their own way, such as by using votive tablets for protection or as an amulet. Buddhist votive tablets are usually small in dimension and easy to carry in pockets or attach to necklaces and chains. Most of the Ch6i Buddhist votive tablets bear the image of the Buddha in the middle with two bodhisattvas on either side. In this paper, we argue that the votive tablets indicate that the popular type of Buddhism in this region in the ninth and tenth centuries was Mahayana. Moreover, similar types of votive tablets have been found in Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia, suggesting that the interregional connections among these places might have influenced the practice of Mahiiyiina in the early medieval period of Southeast Asia.

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