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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.