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]
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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chinese Frescoes from the Royal Ontario Museum.. Bulletin of Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology({Template:Date).
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Sasanavamsa{{#if:Paññasami, 19th cent.|, Paññasami, 19th cent.}. Pub. for the Pali text society by H. Frowde(1897)