Śākya

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Śākya is the ancient clan of northern India and Nepal to which Siddhārtha Gautama, the historical Buddha, belonged.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient clan
ethnic group
social group
associatedSite Lumbini NERFINISHED
Tilaurakot NERFINISHED
associatedTradition Mahāyāna Buddhism NERFINISHED
Theravāda Buddhism NERFINISHED
associatedWith Śākyamuni Buddha NERFINISHED
Śākyamuni epithet of the Buddha NERFINISHED
capital Kapilavastu NERFINISHED
conflictWith Koliyas NERFINISHED
country Ancient India NERFINISHED
culture Vedic culture
ethnicity Indo-Aryan
governedBy clan assembly
ruling council
governmentType oligarchic republic
hasDemonym Sakya NERFINISHED
Śākya NERFINISHED
language Magadhi Prakrit NERFINISHED
Old Indo-Aryan languages NERFINISHED
legacy Śākya surname among modern Buddhist communities NERFINISHED
locatedIn Kapilavastu NERFINISHED
Terai region NERFINISHED
foothills of the Himalayas
mentionedIn Buddhist Jātaka tales NERFINISHED
Buddhist Vinaya texts
Pāli Canon NERFINISHED
modernDescendants Newar Śākyas of Nepal NERFINISHED
Śākya communities in northern India
neighboringEntity Koliyas NERFINISHED
notableMember Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED
Siddhārtha Gautama NERFINISHED
partOf Kosala mahajanapada NERFINISHED
politicalStatus vassal clan of Kosala
region northern India NERFINISHED
southern Nepal
religion Brahmanism NERFINISHED
early Buddhism
religiousSignificance birth clan of the Buddha
script Devanagari NERFINISHED
subgroupOf Śākyas of Kapilavastu NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE
Iron Age South Asia NERFINISHED
transliteration Sakya NERFINISHED
Shakya NERFINISHED

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Māyādevī ethnicGroup Śākya
Rāhula ethnicity Śākya
Queen Maya Devi ethnicGroup Śākya