Kapilavastu

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. 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]

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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]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ "Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha". UNESCO. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/666. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 
  3. ^ "Kapilavastu". http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/asia/asia_features/buddhism/buddhist_pilgrimage/sites_india/kapilavastu/index.html. Retrieved 1 March 2011. 

External links

  1. Cula-dukkhakkhandha Sutta - The Lesser Mass of Stress
  2. Sakka Sutta - To the Sakyans (on the Uposatha)''