Giragga, Giri-agga: 1 definition
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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryGiragga refers to: mountain top, in giraggasamajja N. of a festival celebrated yearly at Rājagaha, orig. a festival on the mountain top (cp. Dial. I.8 & Vin. Texts III, 71). Vin.II, 107, 150; IV, 85, 267; J.III, 538; DhA.I, 89. The BSk. version is girivaggu-samāgama AvŚ II.24;
Note: giragga is a Pali compound consisting of the words giri and agga.
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.
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Starts with: Giraggasamajja.
Full-text: Giriyagrasamaja.
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