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Kapilavatthu

Kapilavatthu

Tilaurakot in Nepal or Piprahwa in India (two views)

Modern Location References

Candidate locations

The original text gives both Tilaurakot and Piprahwa; both are marked by the modern reference locations cited in the literature, and this map does not decide which is ancient Kapilavatthu.

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Region
The Sakyans and the Kapilavatthu area

Related Events (25)

Birth

Descends from the Tusita heaven and enters his mother's womb

Birth

Born in Lumbinī Park

Birth

The seer Asita foretells that the prince will become a Buddha

Birth

The soothsayers foretell two paths; the prince is named

Birth

His mother dies, and his aunt raises the prince

The Buddha at 7

Learns letters and the arts, and wins the contests

The Buddha at 14

Riding out through the four gates: he sees an old man, a sick man, a corpse and a renunciant

The Buddha at 16

His father builds three palaces for the seasons

The Buddha at 16

Takes a wife

The Buddha at 29

His son Rāhula is born

The Buddha at 29

Leaves the palace at midnight to go forth

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

The Buddha settles the dispute over water between the Sakyans and the Koliyans

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

King Suddhodana attains arahantship and dies

Year 7 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 41

The Buddha teaches the verses on “One Fortunate Night” in the Heaven of the Thirty-three

Year 12 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 46

The Shi'er you jing: returning home to teach his father the king and the clan

Year 15 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 49

The Buddha keeps his 15th rains retreat at Kapilavatthu

Year 15 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 49

Discourses and rules that state a rains retreat at Kapilavatthu

Year 16 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 50

The Buddha keeps his 16th rains retreat at Āḷavī

Events of uncertain year

The Buddha returns to Kapilavatthu, and King Suddhodana attains realization

Events of uncertain year

Nanda goes forth

Events of uncertain year

Rāhula goes forth, and the rule requiring parental consent is laid down

Events of uncertain year

Mahāpajāpatī asks for the first time to go forth

Events known only to fall within a span of years

The death of Devadatta

Events known only to fall within a span of years

Mahāpajāpatī and five hundred nuns pass away

Events known only to fall within a span of years

King Viḍūḍabha destroys the Sakyans

See also these accounts

Year 12 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 46

Another view of the Buddha's return home: Year 12

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Source text

日期怎麼讀

成道第幾年
從佛陀成道開始，每經過一次雨季安居算一年，每一年算到安居結束為止；所有年歲一律依二十九歲出家、三十五歲成道推算。
年份依據
區分經文自己明記、後世註解書記載、先後順序推定及年歲換算。
時間精確度
分別說明確定到日、月、年，或只能放入某幾年之間。
可信度
多派共傳、兩派記載、單派記載與後世補述，表達記載的共傳範圍；與時間及位置是否確定分開閱讀。