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King Śuddhodana and Queen Māyā are believed to have lived at Kapilavastu, as did their son Prince Siddartha Gautama (Gautama Buddha) until he left the palace at the age of 29. [ 2 ] Buddhist texts such as the Pāli Canon say that Kapilavastu was the childhood home of Gautama Buddha, on account of it being the capital of the Shakyas, over ...
Kapilavatthu, the home town of the Buddha, where he lived the first 29 years of his life, is not far from the border that now separates the kingdom of Nepal from the area of the Republic of India. The father of the Buddha was called Suddhodana, "Who grows pure rice," and belonged to the tribe of the Sakiya.
The Buddha preached to the emissaries and their entourage, who joined the Sangha. Śuddhodana then sent a close friend of Siddhartha, Kaludayi, to invite him to return. Kaludayi also chose to become a monk, but kept his word to invite the Buddha back to his home. The Buddha accepted his father's invitation and returned to visit his home.
Kapilavastu may refer to: . Kapilavastu (ancient city), ancient city in the Indian subcontinent, capital of the Shakyas; proposed locations include: Piprahwa, village in Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India
There are various types of places where Buddha stayed. The most important kind are those monasteries which were given for his (or the Sangha 's) use. Also, sometimes he was invited to stay in someone's garden or house, or he just stayed in the wilderness (a forest without owner).
Kapilavastu is the ancient city of the Sakyas, Sakyamuni Buddha son of Suddhodhan. There are more than 136 archaeological sites in the territory of ancient Kapilavastu. Tilaurākoṭ, Niglihawa, Gotihawa, Arorakot, Sisahaniyakot, Chhetradehi, Sagrahawa, and Pipari, etc. are enriched with ancient art remains and monuments that are discovered.
Puṇṇa Mantānīputta was born in Donavatthu, near Kapilavatthu, in a noble family. His mother was Mantānī (or Maitrāyanī), sister of Ven. Añña Koṇḍañña, who became Ven. Puṇṇa's teacher. Ven. Ānanda, after his first rain retreat, mentions him as a great influence in the Ānandasuttaṃ.
The Buddha was given the epithet of the "Sage of the Shakyas," Sakka-muni in Pali and Śākya-muni in Sanskrit, by his followers. [ 19 ] The functioning of the proceedings in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven ruled by Sakka , lord of the devas in Buddhist cosmology , are modelled on those of the Shakya santhāgāra or general assembly hall.