Pāli Dictionary

Girimekhalā

Person

マーラの戦象で、身の丈百五十由旬。菩提樹の下に座す仏陀へ突き進めと促されると、ひざを折って屈した。

Māra’s elephant. He was one hundred and fifty leagues in height.

When Māra urged him to advance against the Buddha at the foot of the Bodhi-tree, he went forward and fell on his knees. J.i.72, 73, 74; MA.i.384; Mbv.31; Windisch, “Māra and Buddha,” 199; BuA.239; MT.473.

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