Adam's Peak

Adam's Peak
Adam's Peak
Sri Pada
	Adam's Peak from a distance
Highest point
Elevation	2,243 m (7,359 ft)
Coordinates	6°48′34″N 80°29′59″E / 6.80944°N 80.49972°E
Naming
Native name	ශ්‍රී පාදය (සමනළ කන්ද) (Sinhala); சிவனொளிபாதமலை (Tamil);
Geography
	Adam's Peak Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka
Parent range	Samanala

Adam's Peak is a 2,243 m (7,359 ft) tall conical sacred mountain located in central Sri Lanka.^[1]^[2] It is well known for the Sri Pada (Śrī Pāda ; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී පාද, 'sacred footprint'), a 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) rock formation near the summit whose name is also used for the mountain itself. In Buddhist tradition the print is held to be the footprint of the Buddha, in Sri Lankan Hindu tradition that of Hanuman or Shiva (its Tamil name, சிவனொளிபாதமலை, Sivanolipaathamalai, means 'Mountain of Shiva's Light'), and in some Islamic and Christian traditions that of Adam or St. Thomas.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The mountain is also known as Mount Malaya in Buddhist sources, particularly the Mahayana Lankavatara Sutra, which states that the Buddha preached this sutra on top of the mountain. According to this sutra, the mountain was the abode of Rāvanā, overlord of the Raskshasas and ruler of Laṅkā.^[6]^[7] Other names in Sanskrit sources include Mount Lanka, Ratnagiri (Mountain of Gems), Malayagiri (Mount Malaya) or Mount Rohana.^[1]

The mountain is also seen as the abode of the deity Saman and also goes by various names associated with this, including Sumanakūta ("Sumana's Mountain") and Samanalakanda ("Mountain of Saman" or "Mountain of the Butterflies").^[1]^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sri Pada - Buddhism's Most Sacred Mountain, Sri Lanka". www.buddhanet.net. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Capper, Daniel (2022), Roaming Free Like a Deer: Buddhism and the Natural World, Cornell University Press.
^ "Seruwila to Sri Pada (Sacred Foot Print Shrine)". UNESCO.org. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
^ Ricci, Ronit (2011). LITERATURE, CONVERSION, AND THE ARABIC COSMOPOLIS OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA. University of Chicago Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-226-71088-4.
^ Muhammad, Bilal (2018). "Sri Lanka: The Axis Mundi and the Cradle of Mankind" (PDF). Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies: 3–6.
^ William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms: With Sanskrit and English Equivalents and a Sanskrit-Pali Index, p. 402. Psychology Press, 2003
^ "Rāvanā & Sinhala Buddhism: A Strained Relationship Ridden With Contradictions". Colombo Telegraph. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[:0-1] "Sri Pada - Buddhism's Most Sacred Mountain, Sri Lanka". www.buddhanet.net. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

[:1-2] Capper, Daniel (2022), Roaming Free Like a Deer: Buddhism and the Natural World, Cornell University Press.

[3] "Seruwila to Sri Pada (Sacred Foot Print Shrine)". UNESCO.org. Retrieved 25 August 2011.

[Ricci-4] Ricci, Ronit (2011). LITERATURE, CONVERSION, AND THE ARABIC COSMOPOLIS OF SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA. University of Chicago Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-226-71088-4.

[5] Muhammad, Bilal (2018). "Sri Lanka: The Axis Mundi and the Cradle of Mankind" (PDF). Berkeley Institute for Islamic Studies: 3–6.

[6] William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms: With Sanskrit and English Equivalents and a Sanskrit-Pali Index, p. 402. Psychology Press, 2003

[7] "Rāvanā & Sinhala Buddhism: A Strained Relationship Ridden With Contradictions". Colombo Telegraph. 29 July 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

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