Giriyagrasamaja, Giriyagrasamāja, Giriyagra-samaja: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryGiriyagrasamāja (गिरियग्रसमाज).—(v.l. Giri-m-agra°; MIndic for [Page212-a+ 71] Giryagra°; = Pali Giragga-samajja), nt., mountain-top festival, name of a festival held at Rājagṛha (see Hardy, Album Kern, 61 ff.): Mahāvastu iii.57.6 Rājagṛhe…Gir°samājaṃ nāma parvaṃ; also 12. Also called Girivalgusamāgama, q.v. Cf. samajya.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Samaja.
Full-text: Girivalgusamagama, Samajya, Parvan, Giryagrasamaja.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
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