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कपिलवस्तु (kapilavastu)

 
Capeller Eng
English
कपिलवस्तु
s.
N.
of Buddha's native town.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
कपिल—वस्तु
n.
N.
of the town in which Śākyamuni or Buddha was born.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
कपिलवस्तु
पुं*
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उस नगर का नाम जहाँ बुद्ध का जन्म हुआ था
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
Kapilavastu (or °vāstu), nt. (= Pali Kapilavatthu)
see also prec., and Kapilasāhvaya, Kapilāhvaya
n. of the city in which Śākyamuni Buddha was born: its foundation, with explanation of the name (the Śākya princes founded it on the site of the hermitage of the ṛṣi Kapila [Page168-a] with his permission), Mv 〔i.351.19 ff.〕
spelling °vāstu (rare and dubious) Mvy 〔4118〕 (but Mironov °vastu)
Divy 〔67.3〕 (text, but not repeated thus in Index
°vastu 〔90.30〕
〔390.26〕)
best ms. of Av °vāstu 〔ii.98.5 ff.〕, several times, and 〔111.7〕 (here acc. sg. in ms. °vāstum, Speyer em. °vastu
foll. by vowel, m hiatus-bridger? prose), but usually °vastu in Av, as 〔i.345.6, 12〕, etc.
°vastu otherwise, SP 〔311.2〕
LV 〔26.13〕 etc., very common here and in Mv (see Indexes), also in Gv, e.g. 〔222.26 ff.〕, and elsewhere.
Capeller
German
कपिलवस्तु N. der Geburtsstadt Buddha's.