Pāli Dictionary

Giri4

Place

斯里蘭卡南部的一個地區,都城為摩訶伽摩,Goṭṭhayimbara 與 Veḷusumana 的出生地皆在其境內,由酋長 Giribhojaka 治理。

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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