Ketumati (Ch'ih-t'ou)[1] is a legendary place in some Buddhist traditions related to the prophecied Buddha called Maitreya. It is the earthly paradise of Maitreya, the future Buddha.[2] Devotees of Maitreya believe that the kingdom is a pure land where Maitreya and his future parents will preside upon his descent from the Tusita Heaven to Earth.[1] They believe that he will also bring a utopian era upon his devotees. Ketumati is sometimes associated with the city of Banaras in Uttar Pradesh, India.[3]
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- Ketumati is a river in India, that flows in between Vipula and the mount Nalika on the north of the stream.[4]
- Ketumati (the Pali name for the Burmese city of Taungu) was the capital of the Jeyyavaddhana country, founded by king Mahasirijeyyasura around 1510 AD.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 University of Toronto (1950). "Chinese Frescoes from the Royal Ontario Museum". Bulletin of Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology. 12: 11–15.
- ↑ "Ketumati". getty.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
- ↑ "Dictionary: ketumati Maitreya". Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ↑ SIBI KINGS VESSANTARA HIS COUNTRY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE by CHOUDHURI, ASWINI KUMAR, 1960. p. 33
- ↑ Paññasami, 19th cent. (1897). Sasanavamsa. Pub. for the Pali text society by H. Frowde. p. 25. OCLC 1084534417.
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