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Kapilavastu meaning in Sinhala

කපිලවස්තු kapilawastu

Kapilavastu in Sinhala: කපිලවස්තු (kapilawastu). In English, Kapilavastu means 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.

Sinhala words for Kapilavastu

city in Nepal
කපිලවස්තු kapilawastu

English meaning of Kapilavastu

  1. proper noun 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.
  2. proper noun A municipality of Lumbini, Nepal. Formerly known as Taulihawa until 2017.
  3. proper noun A district of Lumbini, Nepal.

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Questions about Kapilavastu in Sinhala

What is the meaning of Kapilavastu in Sinhala?
Kapilavastu in Sinhala is කපිලවස්තු (kapilawastu).
Kapilavastu යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Kapilavastu: කපිලවස්තු (kapilawastu).
What does Kapilavastu mean in English?
Kapilavastu means 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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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kapilavastu (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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