Pāli Dictionary

giri

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms


general

  • 山;山嶽

  • 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,其道場被伐吒伽摩尼王拆除以興建無畏山寺,該寺即以他之名命名。

  • 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 的別稱。

  • An alternate reference to Giridīpa.

Giri3
Person
  • 屍棄佛最後一世為在家人時所居宮殿之一。

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

Giri4
Place
  • 斯里蘭卡南部的一個地區,都城為摩訶伽摩,Goṭṭhayimbara 與 Veḷusumana 的出生地皆在其境內,由酋長 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
  • 潘度迦婆耶王時代居於阿努羅陀補羅的一位尼乾子外道。

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

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