Pāli Dictionary

giraggasamajja

girstemaggastemsamajjastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine


monastic

  • mountain-top festival; a festival held on a mountain summit

Encyclopedia

Giraggasamajjā
Placeapproximate
  • A recurring open-air festival at Rājagaha featuring dance and music and drawing crowds from all classes of society, the occasion at which Upatissa and Kolita, the future chief disciples, resolved to renounce the world.

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