Kapilavastu (4442)

Kapilavastu
Entry 4442, Page 167, Col. 2

(kapilavastu, kapilavastu)
Kapilavastu¦ (or °vāstu), nt. (= Pali Kapilavatthu); see also prec., and Kapilasāhvaya, Kapilāhvaya; n. of the city in which Śākyamuni Buddha was born: its founda- tion, with explanation of the name (the Śākya princes founded it on the site of the hermitage of the ṛṣi Kapila [Page168-a+ 71] with his permission), Mv i.351.19 ff.; spelling °vāstu (rare and dubious) Mvy 4118 (but Mironov °vastu); Divy 67.3 (text, but not repeated thus in Index; °vastu 90.30; 390.26); best ms. of Av °vāstu ii.98.5 ff., several times, and 111.7 (here acc. sg. in ms. °vāstum, Speyer em. °vastu; foll. by vowel, m hiatus-bridger? prose), but usually °vastu in Av, as i.345.6, 12, etc.; °vastu otherwise, SP 311.2; LV 26.13 etc., very common here and in Mv (see Indexes), also in Gv, e.g. 222.26 ff., and elsewhere.