Pāli Dictionary

kāḷasilā

kāḷaprefixsilāstem

Part of speech

noun · feminine

cosmology

  • Kāḷasilā, ‘the black rock’, an ascetic’s haunt on Mount Isigili

  • MN 13

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

Encyclopedia

2 entries

Kāḷasilā
Place

  • A rocky site near Isigili outside Rājagaha where Mahā-Moggallāna was murdered and where the monks Godhika and Vakkali took their own lives.

Kāḷasilā2
Other

  • A cross-reference to Kāḷasela.

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