Etymograph

English

Kapilavastu

Kapilavastu comes from Sanskrit कपिलवस्तु.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकपिलवस्तुkapilavastu
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016Kapilavastu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकपिलवस्तुkapilavastu
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2016Kapilavastu

Earliest quotation: 2016, 2016 June 1, India and Nepal in Not-Very-Enlightened Spat Over Buddha’s C: “Buddhist lore has it that Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha,…”

A compound of कपिल + वस्तु

Every English word from Sanskrit कपिलवस्तु

Today it means

name Kapilavastu, a city of ancient India, capital of the Shakyas in late Iron Age India, around the 6th and 5th centuries BC. Early residence of Gautama Buddha and that of his parents Suddhodana and Maya. Modern ruins located at either Piprahwa in Siddharthnagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India or Tilaurakot in Kapilvastu Municipality, Lumbini Province, Nepal.

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Etymograph / Sanskrit कपिलवस्तु / Kapilavastu

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