Pāli Dictionary

gijjhakūṭa

Part of speech

noun · masculine

cosmology

  • Vulture’s Peak; Gijjhakūṭa; a mountain peak near Rājagaha where the Buddha and his disciples frequently stayed.

  • SN 35.87

    ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. tena kho pana samayena āyasmā ca sāriputto āyasmā ca mahācundo āyasmā ca channo gijjhakūṭe pabbate viharanti.

  • Thig 3.4

    divāvihārā nikkhamma, gijjhakūṭamhi pabbate, nāgaṃ ogāham'uttiṇṇaṃ, nadītīramhi addasaṃ.

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Gijjhakūṭa
Other

  • One of five hills encircling Rājagaha, a favoured retreat for religious wanderers and a frequent resting place of the Buddha, the site of Devadatta’s failed attempt to kill him with a hurled boulder and of several well-known discourses.

Gijjhakūṭa2
Place

  • A reservoir in Sri Lanka built by King Upatissa II.

MN 116

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