In Sanskrit, it is called Gdhrakūa, and is also transliterated as Girākūssen. During the time of Shakyamuni, it was one of the five mountains surrounding Rajagriha (now Rājgir), the capital of the Indian kingdom of Magadha. It is said that the name comes from the fact that the peak resembles an eagle's beak, or that an eagle lived on the peak. Shakyamuni often stayed here and is said to have preached many sutras, including the Lotus Sutra, the Large Sutra of Immeasurable Life, and the Sutra of Contemplation of Immeasurable Life. The travelogues of Faxian (335?-421?) and Xuanzang (600/602-664) mention the ruins of a brick preaching hall on the mountain's summit. In Japan, it has come to symbolize the ideal world, known as "Sacred Mountain Pure Land" or "Sacred Mountain Actual Land." [Shoji Mori] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
サンスクリット語でグリドラクータGdhrakūaといい、音写して耆闍崛山(ぎじゃくっせん)ともいう。釈尊時代、インドのマガダ国の首都王舎城(おうしゃじょう)(ラージャグリハ。現在のラージギルRājgir)を取り巻く五山のなかの一つで、その名は山頂が鷲(わし)の嘴(くちばし)に似ているからとも、山頂に鷲がすんでいたからとも伝えられる。釈尊はしばしばここにとどまり、『法華経(ほけきょう)』『大無量寿経(だいむりょうじゅきょう)』『観無量寿経(かんむりょうじゅきょう)』などの多数の経典を説いたとされる。法顕(ほっけん)(335?―421?)、玄奘(げんじょう)(600/602―664)の旅行記には、山頂にれんが造の説法堂の遺跡があったと伝えている。また日本では「霊山浄土(りょうぜんじょうど)」あるいは「霊山現土」として、理想世界を象徴するものともなった。 [森 章司] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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