Pāli Dictionary

kapilavatthu

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • Kapilavatthu; the capital city of the Sakyans and the birthplace of Prince Siddhartha (the Buddha).

  • SN 1.37

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ mahāvane mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeh'eva arahantehi

  • SN 55.21

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṃ nigrodh'ārāme.

Encyclopedia

Kapilavatthu
Place

  • A city near the Himalayan foothills that served as the capital of the Sakyan republic, founded on the site of the sage Kapila’s hermitage and famed as the Buddha’s ancestral home, close to his birthplace at Lumbinī.

DN 16DN 20MN 14MN 18MN 53MN 122SN 22.80SN 55.21SN 55.22SN 55.40SN 35.243AN 3.73AN 8.25AN 10.46AN 11.12AN 11.13

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