在王舍城之側，有七葉樹生於巖窟之上，故名。第一五百結集之窟也。毘婆尸佛經下曰：「王舍城七葉巖。」長阿含經七曰：「佛在羅閱城毘訶羅山七葉樹窟。」參照五山條。
The crag at Rājagṛha on which the "seven-leaf tree" grew in the cave beneath which the first "synod" is said to have been held after the Buddha's death, to recall and determine his teaching.
地名，在王舍城側的靈鷲山上，因有七葉樹生於巖窟之上，故名七葉巖，是第一次五百大阿羅漢結集經典的地方。