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Lenyadri ((マラーティー語:लेण्याद्री), Leṇyādri) represents a series of about 30 rock-cut Buddhist caves, located near Junnar in Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Cave 7 is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to the god Ganesha. It is one of the Ashtavinayak shrines, a set of the eight prominent Ganesha shrines in Maharashtra. Twenty-six of the caves are individually numbered. The caves face to the south and are numbered serially from east to west.〔〔〔 Caves 6 and 14 are ''chaitya-grihas'' (chapels), while the rest are ''viharas'' (dwellings for monks). The latter are in the form of dwellings and cells. There are also several rock-cut water cisterns; two of them have inscriptions. The layout of the caves, in general, are similar in pattern and shape. They generally have one or two sides with two long benches for occupants' use.〔〔〔 The caves date from between the 1st and 3rd century AD; the Ganesha shrine situated in Cave 7 is dated to the 1st century AD,〔〔Feldhaus p. 143〕 though the date of conversion to a Hindu shrine is unknown. All of the caves arise from Hinayana Buddhism.〔 ==Names== The current name "Lenyadri" literally means "mountain cave". It is derived from 'Lena' in Marathi meaning "cave" and 'adri' in Sanskrit meaning "mountain" or "stone".〔Grimes p. 13〕 The name "Lenyadri" appears in the Hindu scripture Ganesha Purana as well as in a Sthala Purana, in association to the Ganesha legend.〔 It is also called ''Jeernapur'' and ''Lekhan parvat'' ("Lekhan mountain").〔 The hill is also known as ''Suleman Pahar'' ("Suleman hill") or ''Ganesh Pahar'' ("Ganesha hill"). An ancient inscription calls the place ''Kapichita (Kapichitta)''. The caves are also known as ''Ganesh Lena'' or Ganesh Caves.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lenyadri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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