Giribbaja, Giri-bbaja: 4 definitions
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Giribbaja means something in Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. A name for Rajagaha (q.v.).
2. A name for Vankagiri. J.vi.589.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
India history and geography
Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early BuddhismGiribbaja or Girivraja was an ancient capital of Magadha, one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas of the Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—Early Pāli literature abounds in information about the Magadha country, its people, and its ancient capital Giribbaja. Magadha roughly corresponds to the modern Patna and Gayā districts of Bihar. Its earliest capital was Girivraja, or old Rājagriha, near Rājgir among the hills near Gayā. Giribbaja seems to have other and perhaps older names. The Rāmāyaṇa tells us that the city was known by the name of Vasumati.
The statement of the Mahābhārata that Girivraja was protected by five hills is strikingly confirmed by the Vimānavatthu Commentary (p. 82) in which we read that the city of Giribbaja was encircled by the mountains Isigili, Vepulla, Vebhara, Paṇḍava and Gijjhakūṭa.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarygiribbaja : (nt.) name of a former capital of Magadha.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryGiribbaja refers to: (nt.) (Etym. uncertain, according to Morris J.P.T.S. 1884, 79 to vaja “a pen, ” cp. Marāthī vraja “a station of cowherds, ” Hindi vraja “a cow-pen”; the Vedic giribhraj° (RV. X.68. 1) “aus Bergen hervorbrechend” (Roth) suggests relation to bhraj, to break=bhañj=Lat. frango)=°guhā, a mountain cave or gorge, serving as shelter & hiding place J.III, 479 (trsl. by Morris Loc. cit. a hill-run, a cattle-run on the hills); V, 260 (sīhassa, a lion’s abode) explained as kañcanaguhā ibid. (for kandara-guhā? cp. Kern, Toev. p. 130). S.II, 185. Also N. for Rājagaha Sn.408; Dpvs.V, 5; in its Sk. form Girivraja, which Beal, Buddh. Records II.149 explains as “the hill-surrounded, ” cp. ib. II.158 (=Chin. Shan-Shing), 161; see also Cunningham, Ancient Geogr. 462. It does not occur in the Avadānas;
Note: giribbaja is a Pali compound consisting of the words giri and bbaja.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Giri.
Full-text: Vasumati, Caityaka, Girivraja, Magadhapura, Kitava, Varaha, Vrishabha, Rishigiri, Barhadrathapura, Vebhara, Pandava, Vepulla, Isigili, Gijjhakuta, Magadha, Rajagriha, Vaja, Pabbajja Sutta, Rajagaha.
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Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
On the going forth of Sāriputta and Moggallāna < [1. Going forth (Pabbajjā)]
Dipavamsa (study) (by Sibani Barman)
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)
Apadana commentary (Atthakatha) (by U Lu Pe Win)
Commentary on the Biography of Buddha (Buddha-apadāna-vaṇṇanā) < [Chapter 1 - Buddhavagga (Buddha section)]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter X - The Buddha’s Visit to Kapilavastu < [Volume III]
Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 2 - Country of Mo-kie-t’o (Magadha), part 2 < [Book VIII and IX]