The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.78

c5.s5.78

Gridhrakūṭa-parvata—According to General Cunningham it is a part of the Śaila-giri, the Vulture-peak of Fa Hian and Indrasilâ-guhâ of Hiuen Tsiang (see Indrasilâ-guhâ). It lies two miles and a half to the south-east of new Rajgir. Śailagiri is evidently a spur of the Ratnakūṭa or Ratnagiri, but the name of Śailagiri is not known to the inhabitants of this place. Buddha performed austerities here for some time after leaving the Pāṇḍava-giri cave, and in his subsequent sojourn, he delivered here many of his excellent Sūtras. Devadatta hurled a block of stone from the top of this hill to kill Buddha while he was walking below (Chullavagga, Pt. vii, ch. 3, but see Girivrajapura). Buddha resided in the garden of Jivaka, the physician, at the foot of the mountain and here he was visited by the king Ajātaśatru and by his minister Varshākāra, which led to the foundation of Pāṭaliputra (Cunningham’s *Stupa of Bharhut*, p. 89 and *Mahā-parinibbāna Sutta*). It is also called Giriyek hill.