From the Buddhist literature describes that in the 6th centure BC the Lumbini as a pradimoksha vana which was the sin free grove of sal trees and the lots of beautiful flowers with five kinds of bees. It was compared with the chittalata, the heaven paradise of god Indra. it was between the Shakya's and the Koliya's Devadaha or Ramagram. People from both of the kingdoms using the garden for the rest or spend night.
This garden was named by the beatiful queen of king Anjana whose name is Lumbini devi or Rupa devi or Rummindei (Mishra 36:1996) Later, Rummindei was pronounced as Lumbini. The name is practically identical with Lumbini or Lumimi, written in the inscription in Magadhi language, in which medial or initial 'r' of Sanskrit is always replaced by 'l' (Mukharji 6:1969)
Fa-Hien gives the name of the garden as Lumini, the king's park while Hium Tsiang called it La-fa-ni.
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