Giridipā
Place仏陀が訪問の際、夜叉を移すために大陸近くまで引き寄せ、後に元の位置へ戻したと伝えられるスリランカ近くの島。
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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