Kapilavastu
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The capital of the Śākya polity located on the borders of present-day Nepal, and childhood home of the Buddha Śākyamuni. Despite its importance for Buddhism, it was not a great cultic centre for later Buddhists and was virtually abandoned by the time the Chinese pilgrim- monk Hsüan-tsang, visited it. The location of Kapilavastu has proven elusive, though many archaeologists believe the remains found in the 20th century at Tilaurakot can be identified as the site, though others favour the nearby town of Piprahwa.
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Kapilavastu (kä'pĭləvä'stū), ancient town, S Nepal. According to legend, the Buddha, whose father ruled the state of Kapilavastu, was born nearby and passed his early years there.
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Kapilavastu (Pāli: Kapilavatthu) is the name of a place in the ancient Shakya kingdom where Gautama Buddha grew up, and which contained his family home and garden. It is assumed to be some 10 kilometers to the west of his known birth place Lumbini. The latter reference point is marked by an Ashoka Pillar and was granted World Heritage status by UNESCO.[1]
The nineteenth-century search for the historical site of Kapilavastu followed the accounts left by Xuanzang and Faxian. Archaeologists have identified the Tilaurakot archeological site[2] in Nepal as a possible location for Kapilavastu. It is widely accepted that the Lord Buddha spent the first 29 years of his life in the vicinity of Kapilavastu.[3][4]
See also
- Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha and Buddhism
- Nigrodharama, a Buddhist Monastery close to Kapilavastu, where Buddha stayed when visiting Kapilavastu. - maps.google The main evidence that Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal is the Ashoka Pillar still extant at Lumbini. Every year numbers of tourists visit the birth place of Gautama Buddha, i.e. Kapilvastu District, Nepal.
- Kapilvastu District- maps.google
Notes
- ^ "Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha". UNESCO. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/666. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ Located at 27°34′36″N 83°03′17″E / 27.57667°N 83.05472°E
- ^ "Kapilavastu". http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/asia/asia_features/buddhism/buddhist_pilgrimage/sites_india/kapilavastu/index.html. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ Chris Hellier (March 2001). "Competing Claims on Buddha's Hometown". Archaeology. http://www.archaeology.org/0103/newsbriefs/buddha.html. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
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- Entry on Kapilavatthu in the Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names
- Description of Kapilavastu by the Chinese pilgrim monk Faxian (399-414 AC)
- Suttas spoken by Gautama Buddha concerning Kapilavatthu: (more)
- Cula-dukkhakkhandha Sutta - The Lesser Mass of Stress
- Sakka Sutta - To the Sakyans (on the Uposatha)''
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