Giridipā
PlaceUne île près du Sri Lanka que le Bouddha, dit-on, aurait rapprochée du continent lors de sa visite afin d’y reloger les yakkhas, avant de la remettre à sa place d’origine.
An island near Sri Lanka. When the Buddha visited Sri Lanka he drew Giridipā up to Sri Lanka, told the yakkhas to go onto it, and then restored it to its former place (Mhv.i.30; Dpv.i.67 f). Geiger (Mhv.Trs., p.4, n.4) thinks that the reference is not to an island, but to the highlands (giri) in the interior of Sri Lanka.
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