The corpus record — Pali

giraṁ

Girā

utterance (orig. song, important utterance still felt as such in older Pāli, therefore mostly poetical), speech, words DN.iii.174 ; Snp.350 , Snp.632 , Snp.690 Snp.1132 ; Dhp.408 ; Thig.316 , Thig.402 ; Vv.50#18 (= vācā Vv-a) Dhs.637 , Dhs.720 ; Dhs-a.93 ; DN-a.i.61 (aṭṭhangupetaṃ giraṃ) Ja.ii.134 .

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Where it lives

Dhammapada 1 · 1.9/10k
Sutta Nipata 3 · 1.49/10k
Digha Nikaya 2 · 0.14/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

utterance (orig. song, important utterance still felt as such in older Pāli, therefore mostly poetical), speech, words DN.iii.174; Snp.350, Snp.632, Snp.690 Snp.1132; Dhp.408; Thig.316, Thig.402; Vv.50#18 (= vācā Vv-a) Dhs.637, Dhs.720; Dhs-a.93; DN-a.i.61 (aṭṭhangupetaṃ giraṃ) Ja.ii.134.

Vedic gir & gēr, song; gṛṇāti to praise, announce gūrti praise = Lat. grates “grace”; to *ger or *gṷer, see note on gala

In the wild

Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.