[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c14.492 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.492 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.492 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.492](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.492) 1. Gijjhakūṭa.—One of the five hills encircling Rājagaha. It was evidently a favourite resort of those who followed the religious life.¹ The Buddha seems to have been attracted by its solitude, and is mentioned as having visited it on several occasions, sometimes even in the dark, in drizzling rain, while Māra made unsuccessful attempts to frighten him.² It was on the slopes of Gijjhakuṭa, where the Buddha was wandering about, that Devadatta hurled at him a mighty stone to kill him, but only a splinter injured his foot.³ It was there also that Jīvaka Komārabhacca administered a purgative to the Buddha.⁴ Among those who visited the Buddha on Gijjhakuṭa are mentioned Sahampati (S. i. 153), the youth Māgha (Sn., p. 86), the yakkha Inda (S. i. 206), Sakka (S. i. 233; iv. 102), the paribbājaka Sajjha (A. iv. 371), the Kassapagotta monk (A. i. 237), Pañcasikha (S. iv. 103; D. ii. 220), Sutavā (A. iv. 369), the four kings of the Cātummahārājika world and their followers (D. iii. 195), Abhayarājakumāra (S. v. 126), Upaka Maṇḍikāputta (A. ii. 181), Dhammika (A. iii. 368), and Vassakāra (A. iv. 18; D. ii. 72). Several well-known suttas were preached on Gijjhakuṭa—e.g., the Māgha, Dhammika and Caḷabhijāti Suttas, the discourse on the seven Aparihāniyadhammā (A. iv. 21 f.), the Mahāsāropama and Āṭānāṭiya Suttas.⁵ It is said⁶ that in due course a vihāra was erected on Gijjhakuṭa for the Buddha and his monks; here cells were erected for the use of monks who came from afar, but these cells were so difficult of access that monks arriving late at Rājagaha would ask Dabbamallaputta-Tissa to find accommodation for them in Gijjhakuṭa, in order to test his capabilities.⁷ Mention is made of several eminent monks who stayed at Gijjhakuṭa from time to time—e.g., Sāriputta (M. iii. 263; A. iii. 300; S. ii. 155), Ānanda (A. iii. 383), Mahā Kassapa, Anuruddha, Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta, Upāli and Devadatta (S. ii. 155), also Cunda and Channa (S. iv. 55). Channa fell ill there, and ultimately committed suicide.⁸ Moggallāna and Lakkhana are reported to have stayed there, and to have seen many inhabitants of Rājagaha reborn in Gijjhakuṭa as petas.⁹ The Mettiyabhummajakas (Vin. iii. 167) and the Chabbaggiyas (ibid., 82) were also in the habit of visiting the hill. - [Previous: v1.c14.491](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.491) - [Next: v1.c14.493](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.493) - [Up: v1.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.492](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.492) · Pramāṇa