java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path must start with / character

[jeevi tesh]

Hi,
I'm using hbase0.94.3, hadoop-2.2.0 and jdk 1.7.67 version..
In hbase shell if i issue any command i'm getting
ERROR: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Path must start with / character
hbase-site.xml file content
<property>
    <name>hbase.rootdir</name>
        <value>file:////home/hadoop/hbase_root_dir/hbase</value>
          </property>
            <property>
                <name>hbase.zookeeper.property.dataDir</name>

<value>/home/hadoop/zoo_keeper_root_dir/zookeeper</value>
                      </property>
                        <property>
                                <name>hbase.zookeeper.quorum</name>
                                        <value>10.200.1.145</value>
                                          </property>
                                          <property>

<name>zookeeper.znode.parent</name>

<value>file:////home/hadoop/hbase_root_dir/hbdata</value>
kindly help me to resolve the issue