Shakya

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Shakya was an ancient Indo-Aryan clan of northern India, historically renowned as the royal lineage into which Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was born.

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Label Occurrences
Shakya canonical 4

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan clan
ancient clan
royal lineage
associatedDynasty Ikshvaku dynasty
associatedSite Lumbini
surface form: Lumbini region

Greater Lumbini Area
surface form: Tilaurakot (identified with Kapilavastu by some scholars)
associatedWithPerson Devadatta
Śuddhodana
surface form: King Suddhodana

Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī
Prince Nanda
Māyādevī
surface form: Queen Māyādevī
associatedWithReligion Buddhism
associatedWithTitle Mahārāja
Raja
clanGotra Gautama
culturalLegacy Newar
surface form: Newar Buddhist Shakya caste

Shakya Buddhist communities in Nepal
culturalPractice endogamous marriage within the clan
ethnicity Indo-Aryan peoples
surface form: Indo-Aryan
fate massacred by King Vidudabha according to Buddhist tradition
governedBy council of elders
hasCapital Kapilavastu
hasNotableMember Shakyamuni Buddha
surface form: Gautama Buddha

Shakyamuni Buddha
surface form: Siddhartha Gautama
knownFor being the clan of Siddhartha Gautama
being the clan of the Buddha
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
laterReligiousAssociation Buddhism
locatedIn ancient India
northern India
mentionedIn Tripitaka
surface form: Buddhist Pali Canon

Sutta Pitaka
Vinaya Pitaka
modernDescendantsClaim Shakya communities in Nepal
some communities in northern India
neighboringPolity Kosala
partOf Shakya republic
surface form: Śākya republic
politicalOrganization oligarchic republic
region Terai
surface form: Terai region

foothills of the Himalayas
relatedClanNameEtymology derived from Sanskrit "śakya" meaning "capable" or "able"
religiousTradition Vedic tradition
socialStratum Kshatriya
subjugatedBy King Vidudabha of Kosala
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
traditionalTerritory border area of present-day India and Nepal

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Shakyamuni Buddha clan Shakya
Shakya republic country Shakya
Śuddhodana clan Shakya
Śuddhodana ethnicGroup Shakya