Rishigiri
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Rishigiri] (ऋषिगिरि) is a mountain mentioned in Mahabharata and Ramayana.
Origin
Variants
- Isigila (इसीगिल) =Rishigiri (ऋषिगिरि) (राजगृह, बिहार) (p.84)
- Rishigiri (ऋषिगिरि) (AS, p.107)
- Risigiri (ऋसिगिरि) (AS, p.107)
History
Alexander Cunningham[1] identifies Rishigiri with Ratnagiri which is due east, one mile distant from the Son Bhandar Cave in Rajgir (राजगीर) city in Nalanda district of Bihar. 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