Shaila Parvata

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Shaila Parvata (शैल) is one of seven hills in Rajgir, Bihar.

Variants

• Shaila Parvata शैल पर्वत (AS, p.910)
• [śaila]] (शैल)
• Shilochchaya (शिलोच्चय) (AS, p.910)

History

Śiloccaya (शिलोच्चय) is synonymous with Mountain (śaila) and is mentioned in a list of 24 such synonyms according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains [viz., Śiloccaya], jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

शैल पर्वत

शैल पर्वत (AS, p.910): राजगृह, बिहार की प्राचीन सात पहाड़ियों में से एक का वर्तमान नाम। महाभारत, सभापर्व 21, दक्षिणात्य पाठ में शायद इसे ही शिलोच्चय कहा गया है। (दे. राजगृह)