Pāli Dictionary

giri

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

naga

general

  • 山

  • a mountain; a hill

  • MN 39

    araññaṃ rukkhamūlaṃ pabbataṃ kandaraṃ giriguhaṃ susānaṃ vanappatthaṃ abbhokāsaṃ palālapuñjaṃ

  • Thag 19.1

    migo yathā seri sucittakānane, rammaṃ giriṃ pāvusaabbhamāliniṃ, anākule tattha nage ramissaṃ, asaṃsayaṃ citta parā bhavissasi.

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Giri
Other

  • ヴァッタガーマニー王がその僧院を破壊してアバヤギリ・ヴィハーラを建立し、その名を彼にちなんで名付けたニガンタ派の苦行者

  • A Nigaṇṭha ascetic whose monastery was destroyed by King Vaṭṭagāmaṇī to make way for the Abhayagiri-vihāra, which took its name from him.

Giri2
Other

  • ギリディーパの別称

  • An alternate reference to Giridīpa.

Giri3
Person

  • シキー仏が最後の在家者としての生涯で住まわれた宮殿の一つ

  • One of the palaces occupied by the Buddha Sikhī during his last life as a layman.

Giri4
Place

  • 南スリランカの一地方で、首都はマハーガーマ、ゴッタイムバラとヴェールスマナの生誕地であり、首長ギリボージャカが統治した

  • A district in southern Sri Lanka whose capital was Mahāgāma, home to the birthplaces of Goṭṭhayimbara and Veḷusumana and ruled by the chieftain Giribhojaka.

Giri5
Other

  • パンドゥカーバヤ王の治世にアヌラーダプラに住んでいたニガンタ派の苦行者

  • A Nigaṇṭha ascetic who lived at Anurādhapura during the reign of Paṇḍukābhaya.

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