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Girimekhalā
Māra’s elephant. He was one hundred and fifty leagues in height.
When Māra urged him to advance against the Buddha at the foot of the Bodhi-tree, he went forward and fell on his knees. J.i.72, 73, 74; MA.i.384; Mbv.31; Windisch, “Māra and Buddha,” 199; BuA.239; MT.473.