Pāli Dictionary

Kāḷapabbata

Place

喜馬拉雅山中的一條山脈,夜叉 Puṇṇaka 曾在此向 Irandatī 許下誓言,後來又企圖在此殺害 Vidhura 未遂,反被 Vidhura 的教誨所感化,事見《Vidhura Jātaka》。

A mountain range in Himavā, sixty leagues in height. Here Irandatī sang her song, hearing which Puṇṇaka, on his way to a meeting of the yakkhas, plighted his troth to her. After Puṇṇaka had won Vidhura, he took him to Kāḷapabbata, and there tried by various means to kill him. His attempts failed, and Vidhura, learning the motive for his act, taught him, seated on the top of the mountain, and converted him (J.vi.255, 264, 302 ff, 309, 326). In some places the mountain is called Kāḷagiri, e.g., ibid., 302, 304, 309, 326; see also Mtu.ii.300.

See the Vidhura Jātaka.

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