neuter · leṇa 1 · leṇa 2
cave
safety; a cave; a rock cell
Leṇa and Lena (neuter) [Sanskrit layana, from lī in meaning "to hide," cf. Prākrit leṇa] 1. a cave (in a rock), a mountain cave, used by ascetics (or bhikkhus) as a hermitage or place of shelter, a rock cell. Often enumerated with kuṭi and guhā, e.g. Vin IV 48; Miln 151; Vibh 251 (noun). At Vin II 146 it is given as collective name for 5 kinds of hermitages, viz. vihāra, aḍḍhayoga, pāsāda, hammiya, guhā. The explanation of leṇa at Vibh-a 366 runs as follows: "pabbataṃ khaṇitvā vā pabbhārassa appahonakaṭṭhāne kuḍḍaṃ uṭṭhāpetvā vā katasenāsanaṃ," i.e. opportunity for sitting and lying made by digging (a cave) in a mountain or by erecting a wall where the cave is insufficient (so as to make the rest of it habitable). Cf. Vin I 206 = III 248 (pabbhāraṃ sodhāpeti leṇaṃ kattukāmo) Mhv 16, 12; 28, 31 f. (noun); Miln 200 (mahā°). 2. refuge, shelter, (figurative) salvation (sometimes in sense of Nibbāna). In this meaning often combined with tāṇa and saraṇa, e.g. at D I 95; S IV 315 (maṃ-leṇa refuge with me; + maṃtāṇa); IV 372 (= Nibbāna); A I 155 f. (noun); Ja II 253; Sv I 232. Cf. Vin III 155. leṇ'atthaṃ for refuge Vin II 164 (noun); Ja I 94. — aleṇa without a refuge Paṭis I 127; II 238; Pv II 2 5 (= asaraṇa Pv-a 80); -gavesin seeking shelter or refuge Ja II 407 = IV 346; -guhā a mountain cave Ja III 511; -dvāra the door of the (rock) hermitage Vism 38; Dhp-a III 39; -pabbhāra "cave-slope," cave in a mountain Dhp-a IV 170.
【中】 安全，洞穴，石室。
(nt, nt, from līyati) cave cave, rock cell [lit.] hiding Construction: √lī > le + *aṇa
(nt, nt, from līyati) safety; security; epithet of Nibbāna safety [lit.] hiding Construction: √lī > le + *aṇa