Deer Garden - Rokuyaon

Japanese: 鹿野苑 - ろくやおん
Deer Garden - Rokuyaon

A Buddhist site in India. To be more specific, it is called the Deer Garden of the Dwelling of Immortals (in Sanskrit, Rishipatana Mrigadhava), which means "a garden where religious people gather and where deer are allowed to roam freely." Currently, it is located in Sarnath, 10 kilometers northeast of the holy city of Benares (Varanasi), and is revered as one of the four great Buddhist holy sites, as it is the place where Shakyamuni first preached after attaining enlightenment (First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma). A stone pillar built by King Ashoka in the 3rd century BC was discovered here, and the four lion statues on the capital of the pillar are used as the national emblem of India, and the wheel on the base is used as the national flag. There are also ruins of the 28-meter diameter Dhamekh Tower (6th century) and the Dharmarajika Tower built by King Ashoka, and the museum displays the excavated relics, which are a masterpiece.

[Shoji Mori]

[References] | Ashoka (King) | Sarnath | Buddha

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

インドの仏跡。詳しくは仙人住処(せんにんじゅうしょ)鹿野苑(サンスクリット語でリシパタナ・ムリガダーバ)といい、「宗教者の集まる鹿(しか)の放し飼いされている園林」という意である。現在はインドの聖地ベナレス(ワーラーナシ)の北東10キロメートルのサールナートにあたり、釈迦(しゃか)が悟りを開いてのち最初に説法した(初転法輪(しょてんぼうりん))場所として、仏教四大聖地の一つとして尊ばれている。ここから紀元前3世紀にアショカ王の建てた石柱が発見され、その柱頭の4頭のライオン像はインドの国章、台座の法輪は国旗として使われている。そのほか直径28メートルのダメーク塔(6世紀)やアショカ王によって建造されたダルマラージカ塔の遺跡があり、博物館には出土の遺品が陳列されて圧巻である。

[森 章司]

[参照項目] | アショカ(王) | サールナート | 釈迦

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