Ellora Caves - Ellora Caves

Japanese: エローラ石窟 - エローラせっくつ（英語表記）Ellora Caves

A representative rock-cut temple in Maharashtra, western India. It is especially famous along with the Ajanta Caves. Located several tens of kilometers northwest of Aurangabad, a total of 34 rock-cut caves are lined up over a total length of over 2 km at the foot of a rocky mountain facing west. Counting from the south, caves 1 to 12 are Buddhist caves built around the 7th century. Only cave 10 is a chaitya (prayer hall, shrine), the others are viharas (monk's halls), and caves 11 and 12 are three-storey. Caves 13 to 29 are Hindu caves built around the 8th century. They are generally large in scale, and many of them are excellent works of architecture and sculpture. Kailasanatha Temple, cave 16, located in the center, was carved entirely out of natural rock and is magnificent in scale. Caves 30 to 34 are Jain caves built around the 8th to 10th centuries. Most of the caves are relatively small in scale, but the ceiling paintings on the upper floors of caves 32 and 33 remain, and are noted as examples of the painting style inherited from the Ajanta Caves. In 1983, it was registered as a World Heritage Site.

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Japanese:

インド西部，マハーラーシュトラ州の代表的な石窟寺院。アジャンタ石窟とともに特に名高い。アウランガーバード市の北西数十 kmの地点にあり，西向きの岩山裾に全長 2km余にわたって計 34の石窟が並ぶ。南から数えて第1～12窟は7世紀前後に造営された仏教窟。第 10窟のみがチャイティヤ (礼拝堂，祠堂) で，他はビハーラ (僧堂) であり，第 11，12窟は3層。第 13～29窟は8世紀前後に造営されたヒンドゥー教窟。概して規模が大きく，建築，彫刻ともに優作が多い。中心に位置する第 16窟のカイラーサナータ寺は全姿を天然の岩から彫り出したもので，しかも壮大な規模をもつ。第 30～34窟は8～10世紀頃造営のジャイナ教窟。比較的小規模なものが多いが，第 32，33窟の上階には天井画が遺存し，アジャンタ石窟の絵画様式を継承する作例として注目される。 1983年世界遺産の文化遺産に登録。

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