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    Kapilavastu Kapilavastu was an ancient city in the north of Indian subcontinent which was the capital of the clan gaṇasaṅgha or "republic" of the Shakyas...
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  • Look up Kapilavastu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kapilavastu may refer to: Kapilavastu (ancient city), ancient city, the capital of Shakya Taulihawa...
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    monks of great Kapilavastu'. This led some scholars to believe that modern-day Piprahwa was the site of the ancient city of Kapilavastu, the capital of...
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    the Shakya, who lived in an oligarchic republic, with their capital at Kapilavastu. In later renditions of the life of the Buddha, Śuddhodana was often...
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    UNESCO in 1997. In the time of the Buddha, Lumbini was situated east of Kapilavastu and south-west of Devadaha of Shakya, an oligarchic republic. According...
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    in Lumbini, now in modern-day Nepal, and raised in Kapilavastu. The exact site of ancient Kapilavastu is unknown. It may have been either Piprahwa, Uttar...
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    historians claim Tilaurakot located in Kapilavastu municipality (Taulihawa) to be the ancient city of Kapilavastu. On the other hand, some other archaeologists...
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    birth of Gautama Buddha, said to be in Lumbini, and his ancient city of Kapilavastu. The Lumbini pillar itself, set up where the Buddha was born, was mentioned...
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    performed twice, with the Buddha performing it once at his home town of Kapilavastu before performing the main miracle at Savatthi. It is considered to have...
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  • of Kosala. He married a slave from Kapilavastu, tricked to think she was a Kshatriya, and takes over Kapilavastu when he finds out the truth. When he...
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  • was married to her cousin King Suddhodana, who ruled in the kingdom of Kapilavastu. In Buddhist texts, a white elephant was said to have entered her side...
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    own name, before his renunciation, was Siddhartha Gautama, prince of Kapilavastu. In this book, the Buddha is referred to as "Gotama". The story takes...
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    pilgrimage sites in Haryana). Madhya Pradesh: Sanchi Uttar Pradesh: Devadaha, Kapilavastu, Kosambi, Mathura, Pāvā (Fazilnagar, Varanasi In the order of places...
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    Brahmin. The eight other Republics or cities were Rajagriha, Vaishali, Kapilavastu, Ramagrama, Pava, Kushinagar, Vethadipa and Pippalivan. The people of...
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    formed their northern border. The capital of the Shakyas was the city of Kapilavastu. The name of the Shakyas is attested primarily in the Pali forms Sakya...
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    Identification of Kapilavastu", The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 13 (1): 103–10 Trainor, K (2010). "Kapilavastu". In Keown,...
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    chariot when Channa, the head royal servant, accompanied Siddhartha around Kapilavastu. Siddhartha saw the Four sights here whilst meeting his subjects, which...
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    Ajātasattu, king of Magadha; to the Licchavis of Vesāli; to the Sakyas of Kapilavastu; to the Bulis of Allakappa; to the Koliyas of Rāmagāma; to the Brahmin...
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  • his surname. He was born in Lumbini, present-day Nepal and grew up in Kapilavastu, a town in the Ganges Plain, near the modern Nepal–India border, and...
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    Persia. Fa-Hien, Chinese Buddhist monk, travels to India, Sri Lanka and Kapilavastu (modern Nepal). Xianbei kingdom of Southern Yan conquers Qing Province...
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  • leader of the Shakya republic in present day Nepal, with their capital at Kapilavastu. He was also the father of Siddhartha Gautama, who later became the Buddha...
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    Ajanta Amaravati Barabar Caves Bharhut Chandavaram Devdaha Ellora Caves Kapilavastu Kesaria Stupa Kosambi Lalitgiri Mathura Nalanda Nasik Pataliputra Pāvā...
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    S2CID 162671036. "Niglihawa: The Birthplace of Kanakamuni Buddha". Kapilavastu: Monuments. Lumbini, Nepal: Lumbini Development Trust. 2021. Retrieved...
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    Nigalihawa. Tilaurakot may be the location of the ancient Shakyan city of Kapilavastu, where Gautama Buddha spent the first 29 years of his life. The site...
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    London: Pali Text Society. ISBN 0-86013-072-X. Basanta Bidari – 2004 Kapilavastu: the world of Siddhartha – Page 87 Inscriptions of Asoka. New Edition...
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    the Buddha were spread between eight stupas, in Rajagriha, Vaishali, Kapilavastu, Allakappa, Ramagrama, Pava, Kushinagar, and Vethapida. The Piprahwa...
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    Yaśodharā followed the news of his actions closely . When the Buddha visited Kapilavastu after enlightenment, Yaśodharā did not go to see her former husband but...
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  • that when Dandapānī met with and questioned Buddha on his teachings in Kapilavastu. The Buddha explained the teachings to him, but he was not satisfied...
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    Ajātasattu, king of Magadha; to the Licchavis of Vesāli; to the Sakyas of Kapilavastu; to the Bulis of Allakappa; to the Koliyas of Rāmagāma; to the brahmin...
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    an "awakened one" (Buddha), was born into the Shakya clan living at Kapilavastu and Lumbini in what is now southern Nepal. The Buddha was born at Lumbini...
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