Shakya clan

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

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Label Occurrences
Śākya clan 3
Shakya clan canonical 2

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan tribe
ancient tribe
historical ethnic group
associatedWith Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED
Lumbini region NERFINISHED
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī NERFINISHED
Māyādevī NERFINISHED
Rāhula NERFINISHED
Siddhartha Gautama NERFINISHED
Śuddhodana NERFINISHED
capital Kapilavastu NERFINISHED
culturalSphere Indo-Aryan culture
Śramaṇa movements
ethnicity Indo-Aryan
governedBy council of elders
ruling kshatriya families
knownFor association with the historical Buddha
being the clan of Siddhartha Gautama
language an early Indo-Aryan language
laterDestroyedBy King Vidudabha of Kosala NERFINISHED
legacy gave rise to the term Shakyamuni for the Buddha
revered in Buddhist traditions
locatedIn South Asia
surface form: Indian subcontinent

ancient India
memberOf Śākya–Koliya tribal groups
mentionedIn Buddhist Pali Canon NERFINISHED
Buddhist Sanskrit texts
modernDescendantsClaimedBy some Newar Buddhist communities
some groups in Nepal and northern India
nameEtymology often linked to Sanskrit root "śak" (to be able, powerful)
neighboringGroup Koliya clan NERFINISHED
Kosala kingdom NERFINISHED
politicalStructure gaṇa-saṅgha
oligarchic republic
region Greater Magadha region NERFINISHED
foothills of the Himalayas
northern India
religion Vedic religion (early period)
early Buddhism (later association)
religiousSignificance origin clan of the Buddha
socialClass Kshatriya NERFINISHED
subjugatedBy King Pasenadi of Kosala NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
circa 6th–5th century BCE

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Shakya republic namedAfter Shakya clan
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī associatedWith Shakya clan
this entity surface form: Śākya clan
Rāhula associatedWith Shakya clan
this entity surface form: Śākya clan
Yaśodharā associatedWith Shakya clan
this entity surface form: Śākya clan