ʻO Swayambhunath kekahi o nā kahua hoʻomana Buddhist kaulana i ka awāwa ʻo Kathmandu, komohana o ke kulanakauhale o Kathmandu. ʻO Swayambhunath, ʻo ia hoʻi ka inoa ʻo Simbhu ma ka ʻōlelo kūloko i loaʻa mai ka huaʻōlelo Singgu, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo 'self-Srung'. Ua kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo ia ʻo ka Monkey Temple i waena o nā malihini. No nā Newars kūloko, ʻo ia ka wahi hoʻomana Buddhist kapu loa. No nā Tibetans a me nā mea hahai o ka Tibetan Buddhism, ʻo ia ka lua o ka wahi hoʻomana nui ma hope o Boudhanath.
Aia ka paʻakikī i kahi stupa, nā ʻano luakini like ʻole, a me nā luakini, ʻo kekahi i hoʻi i ka wā Licchavi. ʻO kahi hale mōneka Tibet, hale hōʻikeʻike, a me ka hale waihona puke he mau mea hou i hoʻohui ʻia. Ua pena ʻia nā maka o Buddha a me nā kuʻemaka o ka stupa. Ma waena o lākou, aia kahi māka e like me ka māka nīnau; i kapa ʻia ʻo Sukhawati (ala i ka lani), ʻelua mau wahi komo i ke kahua: kahi alapiʻi lōʻihi e alakaʻi pololei ana i ke kahua nui o ka luakini, mai ka piko o ka puʻu a hiki i ka hikina, a me kahi alanui kaʻa a puni ka puʻu mai ka hema e alakaʻi ana i ka puka komo hema. ʻO ka ʻike mua i ka hiki ʻana i ka piko o ke alapiʻi ʻo ia ka Vajra (koʻokoʻo hekili).
Mai ke kuʻuna Vajrayana o Newar Buddhism ka kiʻi hoʻomana o Swayambhunath. Eia nō naʻe, he wahi koʻikoʻi nō hoʻi ka paʻakikī no nā Buddhist o nā kula he nui a mahalo ʻia hoʻi e nā Hindu. Wahi a Gopalrajvamsabali, ua hoʻokumu ʻia e ke kupuna kāne nui o King Manadeva (464-505 CE), ʻo King Virsadeva, ma kahi o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka 5.th kenekulia CE. Me he mea lā ua hōʻoia ʻia kēia e kahi palapala pōhaku i hōʻino ʻia i loaʻa ma ia wahi, e hōʻike ana ua kauoha ʻo King Virasadeva e hana i ka hana ma 640CE. Wahi a Percival Brown, he 2000 mau makahiki ʻo Swayambhu. Wahi a JC Regmi, ua kūkulu ʻia ʻo Swayambhu i ka wā ʻo Kirat, ma mua o Lichhavis.
Wahi a ka Swayambhu Purana, ʻo ke awāwa holoʻokoʻa he loko kahi i noho ai ka nag (nahesa) kahi i kanu ai ʻo Bipaswi Buddha i kahi hua lotus i ulu ai ka pua lotus. Ma muli o ka ʻike ʻana i ka Jyotirswarup (lapalapa aniani) ua hele mai ʻo Manjusiri mai Mahachin (Kina) me King Dharmakar, kāna mau wāhine ʻelua, nā mahiʻai, a me nā mōneka e hoʻomana iā ia. I kona ʻike ʻana he hiki i ke awāwa ke lilo i wahi noho maikaʻi a no ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kahi wahi i maʻalahi i nā malihini kanaka, ua ʻoki ʻo ia i kahi awāwa ma Chovar. Ua kahe ka wai mai loko mai o ka loko a hana i wahi noho. Ua hoʻololi ʻia ka lotus i puʻu a ua lilo ka pua i stupa.
I ka makahiki 1349, ua hoʻouka kaua ʻo Samasuddhin Ilyas o ke aupuni Bengal i ke awāwa ʻo Kathmandu a ua hōʻino i ka stupa Swayambhu e ka pūʻali koa Muslim a ma hope ua hoʻoponopono ʻia e King Saktimalle Bhalloka. I ka makahiki 1505, ua hoʻohui ka yogin ʻo Sangye Gyaltsen i ka huila a me ka spire i ka dome o ka stupa. I ka makahiki 1614, ʻo ka 6th Ua kūkulu ʻo Shamarpa i nā heiau i loko o ka stupa ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻehā. Ua mālama kekahi mau Kagyu Lamas koʻikoʻi i kahi hui hoʻolaʻa ma 1750 ma hope o kahi hoʻoponopono nui. ʻO ka haku Bhutanese kaulana ʻo Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche (1918-2003), ka ʻābbot hope o ka Bhutanese Drugpa Kagyu Monastery ma ka aoao komohana o na stupas, hele mai i Nepal i mea e kokua ai i kona makuakane, ka Drukpa Lama ʻO Sherab Dorje, i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka stupa i ka wā mua o 20th kenekulia. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hana hou ʻana o ka stupa Swayambhu i Mei 2010.
Ua kapa ʻia ke awāwa ʻo Swayambhu, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea i hana ponoʻī. Mai ka lapalapa ahi mau loa (Syambhu) kahi i kūkulu ʻia ai kahi stupa. Eia naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua kipa ʻo Emperor Ashoka i ke kahua i ke kenekulia ʻekolu BC a kūkulu i ka luakini ma ka puʻu i luku ʻia ma hope akā ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia i ka mōʻaukala.
ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia ka pūnaewele he Buddhist, mahalo ʻia kēia wahi e nā Buddhist a me nā Hindu. Ua hoʻohanohano nā mōʻī Hindu he nui i ka luakini, me Pratap Malla, ke aliʻi ikaika o Kathmandu, nona ke kuleana no ke kūkulu ʻana i ke alapiʻi hikina ma ka 17.th kenekulia. Ua kūkulu ʻo Pratap Malla i nā luakini ʻo Pratap Pur a me Anantapur ma ka hale. Ua hoʻoponopono hou ʻia ka stupa i Mei 2010, kāna hana hou nui mua mai 1921, a me kāna 15.th ma kahi kokoke i 1,500 makahiki mai kona kūkulu ʻia ʻana. Ua hoʻonani hou ʻia ka dome me 20kg gula. Ua uku kālā ʻia ka hana hou e ka Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center o Kaleponi a hoʻomaka i Iune 2008.
Ma kahi o 5 am i ka lā 14 Pepeluali 2011, ua pōʻino ka luakini ʻo Pratapur ma Swayambhu Monument Zone mai kahi uila i ka wā o ka hekili. Ua pōʻino ka hale ʻo Swayambhunath i ka ʻōlaʻi nui o ʻApelila 2015.
