Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.231

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c8.231

The name Isigili was evidently a Māgadhī or local form of the Sanskrit Ṛsigiri, meaning a hermit-hill. The name in its Prakrit spelling acquired even in the Buddha's time a popular etymology, which though fantastic, has some importance of its own.

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