Rishigiri
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Rishigiri] (ऋषिगिरि) is a mountain mentioned in Mahabharata and Ramayana.
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Alexander Cunningham[1] writes that ...Ratnagiri is due east, one mile distant from the Son Bhandar Cave. This situation corresponds exactly with Fa-Hian's position of the " Pippal-tree Cave", in which Buddha after his meals was accustomed to meditate. It was situated at 5 or 6 li (about one mile) to the east of the cave of the first Synod. The hill of Ratna-giri is therefore identical with the
[p.464]: Pandao Mountain of the Pali annals, in which Buddha dwelt, and which in the Lalita-Vistara is always styled the "King of Mountains." A paved zigzag road now leads from the eastern side of old Rajagriha to a small Jain temple on the top of Ratna-giri, which is frequently visited by Jains. I would identify it with the Rishigiri of the Mahabharata.
ऋषिगिरि
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[2] ने लेख किया है ... ऋषिगिरि (AS, p.107) महाभारत के अनुसार ऋषिगिरि, ऋसिगिरि, गिरिव्रज या राजगृह-वर्तमान राजगीर (बिहार) की पांच पहाड़ियों में से एक है। वाल्मीकि रामायण में भी गिरिव्रज के पंचशैलों का वर्णन है- 'एते शैलवरा: पंच प्रकाशन्ते: समन्तत:'। (बाल. 32, 80)
पाली साहित्य में ऋषिगिरि को इसगिलि कहा गया है। 'वैहारो विपुल: शैलो वराहो वृषभस्तथा, तथा ऋषिगिरिस्तात शुभाश्चैत्यक पंचामा:, एते पंच महाश्रृंगा पर्वता: शीतलद्रुमा:, रक्षन्तीवाभिसंहत्य संहतांगा गिरिव्रजम्'। महाभारत सभापर्व 21,2-3