Pāli Dictionary

giri

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms


general

  • 山;山岳

  • 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
  • 一位尼乾子外道,其道场被伐吒伽摩尼王拆除以兴建无畏山寺,该寺即以他之名命名。

  • 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
  • 即 Giridīpa 的别称。

  • An alternate reference to Giridīpa.

Giri3
Person
  • 尸弃佛最后一世为在家人时所居宫殿之一。

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

Giri4
Place
  • 斯里兰卡南部的一个地区,都城为摩诃伽摩,Goṭṭhayimbara 与 Veḷusumana 的出生地皆在其境内,由酋长 Giribhojaka 治理。

  • 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
  • 潘度迦婆耶王时代居于阿努罗陀补罗的一位尼乾子外道。

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

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