Ketumati

Ketumati (Ch'ih-t'ou)[1] is a legendary place in some Buddhist traditions related to the cult of Maitreya. It is the earthly paradise of Maitreya, the future Buddha.[2] Devotees of the cult 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] He will also bring a Utopian era upon his devotees. Ketumati is sometimes associated with the city of Banaras in Uttar Pradesh, India.[3]

Disambiguations
  • 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]
  • Ketumati, the mother of Prahasta and several other children.[6]

References
  1. University of Toronto (1950). "Chinese Frescoes from the Royal Ontario Museum". Bulletin of Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology. 12: 11–15.
  2. "Ketumati". getty.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  3. "Dictionary: ketumati Maitreya". Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  4. SIBI KINGS VESSANTARA HIS COUNTRY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE by CHOUDHURI, ASWINI KUMAR, 1960. p. 33
  5. Paññasami, 19th cent. (1897). Sasanavamsa. Pub. for the Pali text society by H. Frowde. p. 25. OCLC 1084534417.
  6. Muir, John (1967). Comparison of the Vedic With the Later Representations of the Principal Indian Deities (2 ed.). Atlantic Publishers. p. 148.

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