Kapilavastu
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Pilgrimage to Buddha's Holy Sites |
 |
| The Four Main Sites |
|---|
| Lumbini · Bodh Gaya Sarnath · Kushinagar |
| Four Additional Sites |
| Sravasti · Rajgir Sankissa · Vaishali |
| Other Sites |
| Patna · Gaya · Kosambi Kapilavastu · Devadaha Kesariya · Pava Nalanda · Varanasi |
| Later Sites |
| Sanchi · Mathura Ellora · Ajanta · Vikramshila Ratnagiri · Udayagiri · Lalitgiri Bharhut · Barabar Caves |
Kapilavastu (Pāli: Kapilavatthu) is the name of a region of the ancient Shakya kingdom that is considered a holy pilgrimage place for Buddhists in Lumbini, Nepal. It is the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. The search for the Buddha's birthplace following the accounts left by Xuanzang and Faxian involved various searches in the late 19th century. Archaeologists have identified Tilaurakot, an archeological site in Nepal as the possible locations for Kapilavastu.[1]
Contents |
[edit] Location
UNESCO has declared Lumbini as a World Heritage Site, which is in Nepal.[2] It is widely accepted that the Lord Buddha spent the first 29 years of his life in nearby Kapilavastu.[3][1]
[edit] See also
- Lumbini, the site of birthplace of Gautama Buddha and Buddhism
- Nigrodharama, a Buddhist Monastery close to Kapilavastu, where Buddha used to live when visiting Kapilavastu. - maps.google The main evidence that Buddha was born in Lumbini,Nepal is the Ashoka Pillar which is still at Lumbini. Every year number of tourist visit the birth place of Gautam Buddha i.e. Kapilvastu District, Nepal.
- Kapilvastu District- maps.google
[edit] References
- ^ a b Chris Hellier (March 2001). "Competing Claims on Buddha's Hometown". Archaeology. http://www.archaeology.org/0103/newsbriefs/buddha.html. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ "Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha". UNESCO. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/666. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
- ^ "Kapilavastu". http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/asia/asia_features/buddhism/buddhist_pilgrimage/sites_india/kapilavastu/index.html. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
[edit] External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kapilavastu |
- 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)''
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
