Etymograph

English

Lumbini

Lumbini comes from Nepali लुम्बिनी, and goes back to Sanskrit लुम्बिनी.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEलुम्बिनी
  2. Nepalimodernsame formlumbinī
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2013Lumbini

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEलुम्बिनी
  2. Nepalimodernsame formlumbinī
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2013Lumbini

Earliest quotation: 2013, Vishwadeepak, Buddha’s not smiling: “Buddha was born in Lumbini in Nepal and moved…”

Today it means

name A city in Nepal.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit लुम्बिनी / Lumbini