Girigāma
PlaceEin Dorf in Sri Lanka, wo ein fliegender Novize namens Tissa beim Anblick der badenden und singenden Tochter des örtlichen Schmieds mit ihren Freundinnen so bezaubert war, dass er seine Flugkraft verlor.
A village in Sri Lanka. A young novice named Tissa of Pañcaggalalena, travelling through the air, saw the daughter of the smith of Girigāma bathing in a lotus pond with five of her friends, and heard them singing aloud. He was so fascinated by her that he lost his power of flight. SNA.i.70; ApA.i.128.
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