Pāli Dictionary

isigili

isistemgilisuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Isigili, ‘the Sages’ Mountain’, one of the five mountains near Rājagaha

  • MN 13

    tena kho pana samayena sambahulā nigaṇṭhā isigilipasse kāḷasilāyaṃ ubbhaṭṭhakā honti āsanapaṭikkhittā, opakkamikā dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā vedanā vedayanti.

Encyclopedia

Isigili
Place

  • One of the five mountains surrounding Rājagaha, a favourite haunt of the Buddha and his monks, and the site of Godhika’s and Vakkali’s suicides as well as Mahā-Moggallāna’s murder.

DN 16MN 14MN 116

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