Leṇa
Leṇa,(& lena) (nt.) [*Sk.layana,fr.lī in meaning “to hide,” cp.Prk.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 enumd with kuṭi & guhā,e.g.Vin.IV,48; Miln.151; Vbh.251 (n.).At Vin.II,146 it is given as collective name for 5 kinds of hermitages,viz.vihāra,aḍḍhayoga,pāsāda,hammiya,guhā.The expln of leṇa at VbhA.366 runs as follows:“pabbataṁ khaṇitvā vā pabbhārassa appahonakaṭṭhāne kuḍḍaṁ uṭṭhāpetvā vā katasenāsanaṁ,” i.e.opportunity for sitting & 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).Cp.Vin.I,206=III,248 (pabbhāraṁ sodhāpeti leṇaṁ kattukāmo) Mhvs 16,12; 28,31 sq.(n); Miln.200 (mahā°).-- 2.refuge,shelter,(fig.) salvation (sometimes in sense of nibbāna).In this meaning often combd with tāṇa & saraṇa,e.g.at D.I,95; S.IV,315 (maṁ-leṇa refuge with me;+maṁtāṇa); IV,372 (=nibbāna); A.I,155 sq.(n); J.II,253; DA.I,232.Cp.Vin.III,155.leṇ’atthaṁ for refuge Vin.II,164 (n); J.I,94.--aleṇa without a refuge Ps.I,127; II,238; Pv.II,25 (=asaraṇa PvA.80).
--gavesin seeking shelter or refuge J.II,407=IV.346.--guhā a mountain cave J.III,511.--dvāra the door of the (rock) hermitage Vism.38; DhA.III,39.--pabbhāra “cave-slope,” cave in a mountain DhA.IV,170.(Page 586)