Pāli Dictionary

giraggasamajja

girstemaggastemsamajjastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine


monastic

  • 山頂節慶;山巔集會

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

Encyclopedia

Giraggasamajjā
Placeapproximate
  • 在王舍城定期舉行的一場露天節慶,以歌舞音樂吸引社會各階層民眾,正是在此慶典上,日後的兩大上首弟子優波提舍(Upatissa)與拘律陀(Kolita)決意出家。

  • 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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