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===In Buddhist Litrature=== | ===In Buddhist Litrature=== | ||
The ''parinirvana'' of the [[Buddha]] is described in the ''[[Mahaparinibbana Sutta]]''. Because of its attention to detail, this [[Theravada]] ''sutta'', though first committed to writing hundreds of years after his death, has been resorted to as the principal source of reference in most standard studies of the Buddha's life.<ref name="Buddhism">Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies, Paul Williams, Published by Taylor & Francis, 2005. p. 190</ref> | The ''parinirvana'' of the [[Buddha]] is described in the ''[[Mahaparinibbana Sutta]]''. Because of its attention to detail, this [[Theravada]] ''sutta'', though first committed to writing hundreds of years after his death, has been resorted to as the principal source of reference in most standard studies of the Buddha's life.<ref name="Buddhism">Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies, Paul Williams, Published by Taylor & Francis, 2005. p. 190</ref> | ||
===Location of Maha Parinirvana=== | |||
It has been suggested by Waddell that the site of the death and ''parinirvana'' of [[Gautama Buddha]] was in the region of [[Rampurva]]: | |||
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"I believe that Kusīnagara, where the Buddha died may be ultimately found to the North of [[Bettiah]], and in the line of the [[Pillars of Ashoka|Aśōka pillars]] which lead hither from [[Patna]] (Pāțaliputra)" in Bihar.<ref>"A Tibetan Guide-book to the Lost Sites of the Buddha's Birth and Death", [[L. A. Waddell]]. [[Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal]], 1896, p. 279.</ref> | |||
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It still awaits proper archaeological excavation. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||