Nagarjuni (English spelling)

Japanese: Nāgārjuni(英語表記)Nagarjuni
Nagarjuni (English spelling)

…A group of rock caves located 25 km north of Gaya in the state of Bihar in eastern India. There are four rock caves on the Barabar Hill and three on the neighboring Nāgārjuni Hill, and they are known as the oldest rock caves in India. The former three caves have inscriptions indicating that they were donated to the Ajivika sect by King Ashoka, and all of the latter by his grandson, King Dasharatha. …

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Japanese:

…インド東部,ビハール州のガヤー北方25kmにある石窟群。バラーバル丘には四つの石窟,隣接するナーガールジュニNāgārjuni丘には三つの石窟があり,インド最古の石窟として知られている。前者の3窟にはアショーカ王が,後者のすべてにはアショーカ王の孫のダシャラタ王がアージービカ教に寄進した旨の刻文がある。…

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