Giri4
PlaceUn district du sud de Sri Lanka dont la capitale était Mahāgāma, lieu de naissance de Goṭṭhayimbara et de Veḷusumana, gouverné par le chef Giribhojaka
A district in South Sri Lanka. Its capital was Mahāgāma. It included the villages of Nitthulavitthika, birthplace of Goṭṭhayimbara (Mhv.xxiii.49), and Kuṭumbiyaṅgaṇagāma, birthplace of Veḷusumana (Mhv.xxiii.68). The district was also evidently called Girimaṇḍala. The chieftain of Giri was Giribhojaka (Mhv.xxiii.69, 70, 75; MT.454), sometimes called Girimaṇḍalika (MT.452).
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