Ramagiri, Rāmagiri, Rama-giri: 11 definitions
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In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Rāmagiri (रामगिरि) is the name of a Mountain, according to the Jain Ramayana and chapter 7.5 [The kidnapping of Sītā] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—Accordingly, “[...] Then the lord of Vaṃśasthala, King Suraprabha, came there, bowed to Rāma, and honored him very much. At Rāma’s command he had shrines to the Arhats made on the mountains and from that time the mountain was named ‘Rāmagiri’ from Rāma’s name”.
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India history and geography
Rāmagiri (रामगिरि) is referred to in Rithpur copper-plate inscription of Prabhāvatīguptā. The inscription purports to have issued from the temple Pādamūla of Rāmacandra, who is mentioned as Rāmagiri-swāmi, i.e., the Lord of Rāmagiri. The Poona grant of Prabhāvatīguptā is said to have been offered first to this temple of Lord (of Rāmagiri) and then to the particular Ācāryas. Itseems that the footprints of Rāmacandra established in the temple dedicated to Him were in worship in Rāmagiri in the fifth century A.D. Meghadūta describes the Āśrama on the Rāmagiri being sanctified by the ablutions of Sītā. The place was surrounded by the shady trees, extensive and dense jungle and reddish stones.
Wilson identified Rāmagiri with Ramtek, a taluq town of Nagpur district, forty-two kilometres north of Nagpur, three miles from Nandardhan, the capital of the Vākāṭakas. Mr. K.B. Pathak, however, suggested that Rāmagiri should be identified with Ramgarh hills in Suguja district, Madhya Pradesh, owing to its extreme proximity to Āmrakūṭa or Amarakaṇṭaka as specified in the Meghadhūta.
Rāmagiri (रामगिरि) is undoubtedly modern Rāmṭek, about 28 miles north of Nāgpur. It lies only about 3 miles from Nandivardhana, modern Nagardhan, the earlier capital of the Vākāṭakas. In Kālidāsa’s Meghadūta, Rāmagiri is mentioned as the place where the yakṣa, exiled from Alakā, lived for a year. From the description in Kālidāsa’s poem we learn that the hill was marked by the venerable foot-prints of Raghupati (Rāmacandra), and it is noteworthy that the present grant was made by Prabhāvatīguptā near the foot-prints of the Lord of Rāmagiri.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Rāmagiri (रामगिरि).—Name of a mountain; (cakre) स्निग्धच्छाया- तरुषु वसतिं रामगिर्याश्रमेषु (snigdhacchāyā- taruṣu vasatiṃ rāmagiryāśrameṣu) Meghadūta 1.
Derivable forms: rāmagiriḥ (रामगिरिः).
Rāmagiri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rāma and giri (गिरि).
Rāmagiri (रामगिरि).—m.
(-riḥ) The name of a mountain, variously applied, but especially assigned to a mountain called Compteh or Chitrakuta in Bundelkhund, and to another near Nagpore, called now Ramtek. E. rāma the hero Rama, and giri a mountain; being one of his halting places in his progress from Oudh to the Peninsula.
Rāmagiri (रामगिरि) or Devagiri or Dhūmragiri.—m. names of mountains. Vahirgiri, i. e.
Rāmagiri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rāma and giri (गिरि).
Rāmagiri (रामगिरि).—[masculine] [Name] of a mountain.
Rāmagiri (रामगिरि):—[=rāma-giri] [from rāma] m. ‘R°s’s mountain’, Name of sub voce mountains ([especially] [according to] to some, of Citra-kūṭa in Bundelkhand and of another hill near Nagpore, now called Ramtek), [Meghadūta; Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
Rāmagiri (रामगिरि):—[rāma-giri] (riḥ) 2. m. A mountain.
Rāmagiri (रामगिरि):—m. Nomen proprium eines Berges [Meghadūta 1. 99.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 180,] [Nalopākhyāna 3.] Vgl. [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 330, Nalopākhyāna 1.]
Rāmagiri (रामगिरि):—m. Nomen proprium eines Berges.
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Rāmagirī (रामगिरी):—f. vielleicht so v.a. rāmakirī [GĪT.S.9.]
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