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'''Ketumati''' (Ch'ih-t'ou)<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=University of Toronto|date=1950|title=Chinese Frescoes from the Royal Ontario Museum.|url=https://archive.org/details/chinesefrescoesf00roya|journal=Bulletin of Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology|volume=12|pages=11-15}}</ref> is a legendary place in some [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] traditions related to the prophecied Buddha called Maitreya. It is the earthly paradise of [[Maitreya]], the future [[Buddha (title)|Buddha]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.getty.edu/cona/CONAIconographyRecord.aspx?iconid=901001970 |title=Ketumati |website=getty.edu |access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" /> They believe that he will also bring a utopian era upon his devotees. Ketumati is sometimes associated with the city of [[Varanasi|Banaras]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dictionary: ketumati Maitreya|url=https://www.buddhistdoor.net/dictionary/details/ketumati-maitreya|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref><br />
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==Disambiguations==<br />
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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.<ref>SIBI KINGS VESSANTARA HIS COUNTRY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE by CHOUDHURI, ASWINI KUMAR, 1960. p. 33</ref><br />
* Ketumati (the [[Pali]] name for the Burmese city of [[Taungoo|Taungu]]) was the capital of the Jeyyavaddhana country, founded by king Mahasirijeyyasura around 1510 AD.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Paññasami, 19th cent.|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1084534417|title=Sasanavamsa|date=1897|publisher=Pub. for the Pali text society by H. Frowde|pages=25|oclc=1084534417}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
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* [http://www.getty.edu/cona/CONAIconographyRecord.aspx?iconid=901001970 Ketumati (Buddhist legendary place)]<br />
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