Shravasti

Shravasti, a town in northern , was the capital of the ancient Indian kingdom of Kosala, along the Rapti River. It is one of the most revered Indian sites in Buddhism, where the Buddha lived most after his enlightenment, taught many of his sūtras and converted many of his disciples.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 113 metres (371 feet)
  • Description: archaeological site in Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Also known as
    “Mahet”
    “Saheth-Maheth”
    “Sahetha-Mahetha”
    “Sāvatthī”
    “Seth Mahet”
    “Srābastī”
    “Śrāvastī”

Shravasti

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Latitude
27.5155° or 27° 30′ 56″ north
Longitude
82.0513° or 82° 3′ 5″ east
Open location code
7MV4G382+5G
Geo­Names ID
1256785
Wiki­data ID
Q2594448

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Shravasti” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Shravasti”
  • Bengali: “শ্রাবস্তী”
  • Burmese: “သာဝတ္ထိမြို့(အိန္ဒိယနိုင်ငံ)”
  • Cebuano: “Set Mahet”
  • Chinese: “室羅伐悉底國”
  • Chinese: “舍卫城”
  • Chinese: “舍衛國”
  • Chinese: “舍衛城”
  • Chinese: “舍衞城”
  • Czech: “Savatthí”
  • Czech: “Sávatthí”
  • Czech: “Šrávastí”
  • Dutch: “Shravasti”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝravastio”
  • French: “Savatthi”
  • French: “Sāvatthī”
  • French: “Shravasti”
  • French: “Sravasti”
  • German: “Shravasti”
  • Gujarati: “શ્રાવસ્તી”
  • Hebrew: “שרוואסטי”
  • Hindi: “श्रावस्ति”
  • Hindi: “श्रावस्ती”
  • Hindi: “सहेत-महेत”
  • Hungarian: “Srávasztí”
  • Indonesian: “Sawati”
  • Italian: “Shravasti”
  • Japanese: “サーヴァッティー”
  • Japanese: “シュラーヴァスティー”
  • Japanese: “舎衛城”
  • Korean: “슈라바스티”
  • Magahi: “श्रावस्ती”
  • Marathi: “श्रावस्ती”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sià-ōe-siâⁿ”
  • Newari: “श्रावस्ती”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shravasti”
  • Norwegian: “Shravasti”
  • Oriya: “ଶ୍ରାବସ୍ତୀ”
  • Persian: “شراوستی”
  • Russian: “Шравасти”
  • Sanskrit: “श्रावस्ती”
  • Sinhala: “ශ්‍රාවස්ති”
  • Sinhala: “ශ්‍රාවස්තී”
  • Sinhala: “සාවත්ථි”
  • Slovenian: “Shravasti”
  • Slovenian: “Šravasti”
  • Tamil: “சிராவஸ்தி”
  • Telugu: “శ్రావస్తి”
  • Thai: “กรุงสาวัตถี”
  • Thai: “เมืองสาวัตถี”
  • Thai: “สาวัตถี”
  • Tibetan: “མཉན་ཡོད་”
  • Urdu: “شراوستی”
  • Vietnamese: “Shravasti”

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