Barābar (English spelling)

Japanese: バラーバル(英語表記)Barābar
Barābar (English spelling)
A group of caves located 25km north of Gaya in Bihar, eastern India. There are four caves on Barabar Hill and three on the neighboring Nāgārjuni Hill, and they are known as the oldest caves in India. The former three caves have inscriptions stating that they were donated to the Ajivika sect by King Ashoka, and all of the latter by his grandson, King Dasharatha. The structure imitates wooden architecture, and the interior walls and ceilings are undecorated and polished to a mirror-like finish. [Koezuka Takashi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

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。木造建築を模した構造になり,内壁や天井は無装飾で,鏡のように磨かれている。【肥塚 隆】

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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