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'''Kapilavastu''' (Skt; Tib. [[སེར་སྐྱའི་གནས་]], [[Wyl.]] ''ser skya’i gnas'') — | '''Kapilavastu''' (Skt; Tib. [[སེར་སྐྱའི་གནས་]], [[Wyl.]] ''ser skya’i gnas'') — an ancient city, near the Himalayas, that was home to the [[Shakya]] clan and where [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] was born and lived until the age of twenty-nine when he renounced worldly life. Later, some years after his [[enlightenment|awakening]], the Buddha returned to Kapilavastu, where his cousins [[Ananda]] and [[Devadatta]], his half-brother [[Nanda]], his barber [[Upali]], and his son [[Rahula]] joined the monastic community. | ||
[[Category: Places]] | [[Category: Places]] | ||
[[category: India]] | [[category: India]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:22, 8 July 2022
Kapilavastu (Skt; Tib. སེར་སྐྱའི་གནས་, Wyl. ser skya’i gnas) — an ancient city, near the Himalayas, that was home to the Shakya clan and where Buddha Shakyamuni was born and lived until the age of twenty-nine when he renounced worldly life. Later, some years after his awakening, the Buddha returned to Kapilavastu, where his cousins Ananda and Devadatta, his half-brother Nanda, his barber Upali, and his son Rahula joined the monastic community.