…In South India, they appealed to the rulers of the Vijayanagar Empire and local lords, but also worked to convert Hindus in Malabar and tribal groups along the southern Coromandel coast. Through their missionary work, such outstanding scholars as JADubois and CGBeschi left behind valuable materials on South Indian society and culture, such as records and reports on the manners, customs, rituals, traditions, and castes of the people, as well as dictionaries and grammars in the Tamil language. In India, there were no ceremonial problems or violent anti-Christian movements like those in China, but a situation was created in which Christians were positioned as one caste in the Hindu social order. … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Beschi, CG" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…南インドではビジャヤナガル王国の支配者たちや地方領主にも働きかけたが,同時にマラバル地方のヒンドゥー教徒やコロマンデル沿岸南部の部族集団の改宗にも力を入れた。布教を通じ,デュボアJ.A.DuboisやベスチC.G.Beschiのような優れた会士によって,民衆の風俗・慣習・儀礼・伝承・カーストの記録や報告書,あるいはタミル語の辞典・文法書といった当時の南インド社会・文化に関する貴重な資料が残された。インドでは中国にみられたような典礼問題や激しい排教運動は生じなかったが,キリスト教徒もヒンドゥー社会秩序の中の一つのカーストとして位置づけられるという状況が形成された。… ※「Beschi,C.G.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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