Talk:Abhayagiri Vihāra

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Giri: name of the monk or the monastary?
The article formerly stated: "As the King, defeated in battle, was fleeing Anuradhapura, a Jain priest of Giri Monastery,.."

Actually Nigantha is not a priest, but a monk. Also the Mahavamsa text makes is clear that Giri was the name of the monk: तं दिस्वा पलायन्तं, निगण्ठोगिरिनामको। ‘‘पलायति महाकाळ-सीहळो’’ति भुसं रवि॥ The translation by Wilhelm Geiger is "As a nigantha named Giri saw him take flight he cried out loudly: `The great black lion is fleeing.'" It appears to quite accurate. गिरिस्स यस्मा गारामे, राजा कारेसि सोभयो। तस्मा’भय गिरित्वेव, विहारो नामको अहु॥ Thus the name of the vihara Abhayagiri combines the names of the king and the nigantha.

It should be noted that there was another Jain monk Mahagiri in region near Vidisha, perhaps around the time of the early Maurya dynasty. . Malaiya (talk) 22:38, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

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