Kapilavastu

Proper noun

Kapilavastu

1. 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.
   • Buddhist lore has it that Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, grew up within the luxurious setting of his father’s palace in the city of Kapilavastu, carefully guarded from any exposure to human suffering.2016 June 2 [2016 June 1], Ellen Barry, “India and Nepal in Not-Very-Enlightened Spat Over Buddha’s Childhood Home”, in The New York Times (Asia Pacific section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...
2. A municipality of Lumbini, Nepal. Formerly known as Taulihawa until 2017.
3. A district of Lumbini, Nepal.