Pāli Dictionary

giraggasamajja

girstemaggastemsamajjastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine


monastic

  • 山頂の祭り;山の頂での祝祭

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

Encyclopedia

Giraggasamajjā
Placeapproximate
  • 王舎城で定期的に開かれた、舞踏と音楽を伴い社会各階層から人々を集める野外の祭典で、この場で未来の二大上首弟子ウパティッサとコーリタが出家を決意した。

  • 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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