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窟院
くついん
1. [n]
▶ cave temple



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2. A 2021-12-21 21:33:33  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
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【石窟寺院】より
…丘陵や山崖を掘開し,目的用途に従って内部空間を整備した宗教施設の総称。窟院と略称する。
i.e. name-ish use

google ngrams
窟院	861
巌窟院	403

All googits I get are for ハニベ巌窟院. Googling "窟院" -’巌窟院” there's some evidence of it being used in the Japanese names of some Indian cave temples e.g. アジャンター窟院.
There's also this book/publication: 西歴五世紀における中国北部仏教窟院の考古学的調査報告 東方文化研究

Kind of obscure, but maybe not quite [obsc]-worthy.
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1. A* 2021-12-21 19:03:37  Alex Lasto <...address hidden...>
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Dictionary 世界大百科事典第二版

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