Gayasisa, Gayāsīsa: 1 definition
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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA hill near Gaya. Here the Buddha came from Uruvela after converting the Tebhatika Jatila, and here he lived with one thousand monks. On this occasion of his coming he preached the Adittapariyaya Sutta (Vin.i.34f; S.iv.19f; J.i.82; AA.i.57, etc.; PvA.21; Ud.i.9; DhA.i.72).
When Devadatta managed to win over five hundred of the monks to his side, it was to Gayasisa that he retired with them, and there it was that the Buddhas Chief Disciples had to go to reclaim them (Vin.ii.199; DhA.i.121; J.i.142, 425, 490f; iv.180). It is said (J.i.185, 508; ii.38f) that Ajatasattu built a special monastery for Devadatta at Gayasisa.
The Commentaries (SA.iii.4; UdA.74) say that the hill was so called because it was composed of a flat stone and was shaped like an elephants head (gaja sisa sadisa pitthipasano). There was room on the rock for one thousand monks.
The hill stands about one mile to the south west of Gaya and is now called Brahmayoni. To the south east of the hill Hiouen Thsang saw the three thupas of the Tebhatika Jatila (CAGI.524f).
See also Gaya Sutta.
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).
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Full-text: Gayashirsha, Adittapariyaya Sutta, Gaya Sutta, Gaya Kassapa, Latthivanuyyana, Vinilak Jataka, Latthivana, Uruvela-Kassapa, Mahilamukha Jataka, Gaya, Devadatta, Ajatasatru, Veluvana.
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The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 143: Virocana-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Jataka 221: Kāsāva-jātaka < [Book II - Dukanipāta]
Jataka 113: Sigāla-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Biography (31): Uruvela Kassapa Mahāthera < [Chapter 43 - Forty-one Arahat-Mahatheras and their Respective Etadagga titles]
Part 3 - The Buddha’s Delivery of The Tirokuṭṭa Sutta < [Chapter 15 - The buddha’s visit to Rājagaha]
Part 4 - Story of Devadatta < [Chapter 36 - The Buddha’s Height Measured by a Brahmin]
Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 163 - The Story of Schism in the Sangha < [Chapter 12 - Atta Vagga (Self)]
Verse 17 - The Story of Devadatta < [Chapter 1 - Yamaka Vagga (Twin Verses)]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 9 - Rājagṛha at the cross-roads of religious affiliations < [Chapter II - Origin and Function of Rājagṛha as the seat of Monarchy]
Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
(d) Salayatana Vagga Samyutta Pali < [Chapter VI - Samyutta Nikaya]
The Catu-Bhanavara-Pali (critical study) (by Moumita Dutta Banik)
(2) Mahamoggallana Thera Bojjhanga < [Chapter 3 - Subject Matter of the Second Bhanavara]