The Trirashmi Caves,[1] or Nashik Caves (Trirashmi being the name of the hills in which the caves are located, Leni being a Marathi word for caves), are a group of 23 caves carved between the 1st century BCE and the 3rd century CE, though additional sculptures were added up to about the 6th century, reflecting changes in Buddhist devotional practices.[2][3] The Buddhist sculptures are a significant group of early examples of Indian rock-cut architecture initially representing the Early Buddhist schools tradition.
Most of the caves are viharas except for Cave 18 which is a chaitya of the 1st century BCE.[2] The style of some of the elaborate pillars or columns, for example in caves 3 and 10, is an important example of the development of the form.[4] The location of the caves is a holy Buddhist site and is located about 8 km south of the centre of Nashik (or Nasik), Maharashtra, India. The Pandavleni name sometimes given to the Trirashmi Caves has nothing to do with the Pandavas, characters in the Mahabharata epic. Other caves in the area are Karla Caves, Bhaja Caves, Patan Cave and Bedse Caves.
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^"In Nashik's Buddhist caves complex, a chance new find". 3 June 2021.
Trirashmi Caves, or Nashik Caves (Trirashmi being the name of the hills in which the caves are located, Leni being a Marathi word for caves), are a group...
Kilometers away from Lonavala. Other caves in the area are Bhaja Caves, Patan Buddhist Cave, Bedse Caves and NasikCaves. The shrines were developed over...
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The Buddhist caves in India. Maharashtra state Aurangabad Dist. Ellora caves form an important part of Indian rock-cut architecture, and are among the...
sculpture of Buddha Cave 41 Cetiya Ajanta Caves Bedse Caves Bhaja Caves Karla CavesNasikCaves Pitalkhora Caves Shivneri Caves List of colossal sculptures...
Caves. Other caves in the area are Karla Caves, Patan Buddhist Cave and NasikCaves. The Bhaja Caves share architectural design with the Karla Caves....
area are Karla Caves, Patan Buddhist Cave and NasikCaves. There are two main caves. The best known cave is the chaitya (prayer hall - Cave 7) with a comparatively...
the NasikCaves also were carved during the time of Nahapana, and the Junnar caves also have inscriptions of Nahapana, as well as the Manmodi Caves. In...
Siri-Pu)ḷumāvisa "Of King Lord Pulumavi, son of Vasishthi". Near Nashik, Cave No.3 of Pandavleni Caves was built by Queen Gotami Balasiri during the reign of Pulumavi...
(IAST: Gautami Bālaśri), as attested by Nasik prashasti, an inscription found at Cave No.3 of the Pandavleni Caves in Nashik. The inscription is dated to...
Nashik (/ˈnɑːʃɪk/), Marathi: [naːʃik], formerly Nasik (listen)) is a city in the northern region of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Situated on the banks...
their donation of a complete cave at the NasikCaves (cave No.17), and for their donations with inscriptions at the Junnar caves. The Yavanas or Yonas are...
Kanheri, in cave No.81, and in the Chaitya cave No.3. In NasikCaves, Cave No.20 has one large inscription, claiming that the unfinished cave was completed...
and Shri Parvatam. Caves IX and X, containing Ajanta paintings, were patronised by Satavahana, and the painting throughout the caves appear to have started...
The most famous among the caves is the Lenyadri complex. It represents a series of about 30 rock-cut mostly Buddhist caves. Cave 7 is a famous Hindu temple...
palaeographical grounds to be posterior to the NasikCaves inscription of Kanha (probably Simuka's brother) in Cave 19, dated to 100-70 BCE. Recent analysis...
probably Gautami Balashri who appears in an inscription at NasikCaves as the donator of Cave No.3, and mother of Gautamiputra Satakarni. Sivasti was probably...
Brahmana family, and donated it to Buddhists along with a rock-cut cave (one of the NasikCaves). "Success! In the year 42, in the month Vesakha, Ushavadata...
Pandu-lena caves near Nasik. Ushavadata was the son of Dinika and had married Dakshamitra, the daughter of Nahapana. These records in the Nasikcaves describe...
inscriptions about a century later; and the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 9 in the Nasikcaves of the 1st or 2nd century AD – all in forms that have considerable resemblance...
later, Cave 18 at NasikCaves, and Cave 7 at Bedse Caves, to finally culminate with the "final perfection" of the Great Chaitya at Karla Caves. Side view...
the 2nd or 3rd century CE, and Persian columns decorate the Karla Caves and NasikCaves. The style did not develop in Persia itself, but elements continued...
near Nasik, a place where other dedications by Yavanas are known, in cave No.17 of the NasikCaves complex, and on the pillars of the Karla Caves not far...
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