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For the Buddha's title,
Scholars are hesitant to make unqualified claims about the historical facts of the Buddha's life. Most people accept that the Buddha lived, taught, and founded a monastic order during the
The Mahājanapadas 'great realm' from maha, "great", and JANAPADA foothold of a tribe, country" were sixteen kingdoms or oligarchic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE era during the reign of BIMBISARA Bimbisāra during the late 5th century BC also known as Seniya or Shrenika in the Jain history’s&was a King of Magadha and belonged to the Haryanka dynasty. The Haryanka dynasty is believed to have been the second ruling dynasty of Magadha empires, which succeeded the mythological Barhadratha dynasty.
Brihadratha also known as Maharatha, was the founder of the Barhadratha dynasty, the earliest ruling dynasty of Magadha. According to the Mahabharata and the Puranas, he was the eldest of the five sons of Vasu, the Kuru king of Chedi and his queen Girika. The name of Brihadratha is also found in the Rigveda.
The Rigveda "praise" and veda "knowledge") is an ancient Indian collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns along with associated commentaries on liturgy, ritual and mystical exegesis. It is one of the four sacred canonical texts (śruti) of Hinduism known as the Vedas.DURING 558-491BCE OR 400 BCE, the ruler of the MAGADHA EMPIRE. Magadha was an ancient Indian kingdom in southern BIHAR.
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the thirteenth-largest Indian state, with an area of 94,163 km2 (36,357 sq mi). The third-largest state by population, it is contiguous with Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, with Jharkhand to the south., and was counted as one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas era, and died during the early years of the reign of AJATASATRU, Ajatashatru 492 – 460 BCE or early 4th century BCE) was a king of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha in East India., , who was the successor of Bimbisara, thus making him a younger contemporary of MAHAVIRA. Mahavira, also known as Vardhamāna, was the twenty-fourth tirthankara is a saviour and spiritual teacher of the dharma,(righteo-us path)
(ford-maker) who revived Jainism, the Jain tirthankara. While the general sequence of "birth, maturity, renunciation, search, awakening and liberation, teaching, death" is widely accepted, there is less consensus on the veracity of many details contained in traditional biographies.
The times of Gautama's birth and death are uncertain. Most historians in the early 20th century dated his lifetime as c. 563 BCE to 483 BCE, while at a symposium on this question held in 1988 the majority of those who presented definite opinions gave dates within 20 years either side of 400 BCE for the Buddha's death.
PUBLISH, CHARLES S. (2008), “Cooking the Buddhist Books: The Implications of ‘the New Dating of the historical Buddha’ for the History of Early Indian Buddhism”, Journal of Buddhist Ethics on 12 January 2012.
BUT HOWEVER These alternative chronologies, however, have not been accepted by all historians.
Schumann, Hans Wolfgang (2003), The Historical Buddha: The Times, Life, and Teachings of the Founder of Buddhism, Motilal Banarsidass.
BUDDHA JAYANTI
19TH MAY
Buddha Jayanti is a special day for both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal. On this day people celebrate the life of Lord Buddha; his Birth, Enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana (Death).
Lumbini, in the western Terai plains of Nepal, is the place where Prince Siddhartha (known as the Buddha) was born. The newly born Prince is believed to have taken seven steps and uttered a timeless message to all humanity. It is believed that this happened in the beautiful Sal grove, which is now the focal point of the Lumbini Garden area.
As per widely held beliefs, Maha Maya devi, the Queen of Shakya King Suddhodhana of Kapilvastu, gave birth to the Prince Siddhartha while passing through the Lumbini Garden, on the day of "Vaishakha Poornima" (full-moon day of May) in 623 BC.
The Queen is believed to have taken a bath in Pushkarini (the Sacred Pond) and taken support of a tree branch in anticipation of the delivery, before giving birth to the little infant, who went on to become the Buddha.
Lumbini - the birthplace, Tilaurakot or Kapilvastu - where Buddha spent his first 29 years, Devdaha - his maternal home, and other sacred places and monasteries all over Kathmandu and Nepal, are crowded with devotees on the day of Buddha Jayanti.
BUDDHA’S BIRTHDAY
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