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Word: kusinagara (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...that did. There were also small clay tablets that recalled the sites of the four Great Events in Buddha's life-Kapilavastu, where he was born; Bodh Gaya, where he attained enlightenment under the Bo tree; Sarnath, where he "set the Wheel of Doctrine spinning"; and Kusinagara, where he died. For a long time the Buddhists considered it unthinkable that anyone should reproduce the figure of Buddha himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Inspired Copyists | 12/19/1960 | See Source »

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