Sāketa
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Ayodhya
Location of Ayodhya (later called Saketa) in India
Sākēta (
Hindu epics, where liberated souls dwell.[2] "Sākēta", the name of the Ayodhya Kingdom was later widespread by Buddhist travellers and far away traders for the collective name of the region's under this Kingdom. Overall, according to early chronicles found in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Odia, Sanskrit literature and Ramayana and Ramacharitamanasa
the city bears the name of Ayodhya Kingdom, not Sākēta.
In literature
Saket (1932), a famous
]In Buddhism
In Buddhism, the place is thought to be where the sons of Okkaka founded a city.[citation needed]
Ayodhya signifies a great importance in the Buddhist literature. It is referred to as Saketa in traditional Buddhist literature. British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham who was also the first director general of the ASI identified three Buddhist places — Mani Parbat, Kuber Parbat and Sugriv Parbat at the site of Ayodhya.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-521-37695-2.
- ISBN 978-81-208-0443-2. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ISBN 978-81-7625-159-4. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ISBN 978-90-6831-701-5. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
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