Shakya (Pāḷi: Sakya; Sanskrit: शाक्य, romanized: Śākya) was an ancient clan of the northeastern region of South Asia, whose existence is attested during...
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Kumari (goddess) (redirect from Sajani Shakya)
ceremony. In Nepal, a Kumari is a prepubescent girl selected from the Shakya clan of the Nepali Newari Buddhist community. The Kumari is also revered and...
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The Buddha (redirect from Sage of the Shakyas)
he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic. After leading...
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Sihahanu (category Shakyas)
paternal grandfather of Gautama Buddha. He was one of the rulers of Shakya Clan. Religion portal Sihahanu was a son of King Jayasena and brother of Princess...
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Gautama in his childhood. His father was king Śuddhodana, leader of the Shakya clan in what was the growing state of Kosala, and his mother was queen Maya...
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caste/clan are: Alok Kumar Shakya, former member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Bhongaon Assembly constituency. Bhagwan Singh Shakya, former...
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Piprahwa (category Shakyas)
place of the portion of the Buddha's ashes that were given to his own Shakya clan. A large stupa and the ruins of several monasteries as well as a museum...
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Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha), founder of Buddhism is born as a prince of the Shakya clan, which ruled parts of Magadha, one of the Mahajanapadas. 551 BC: Confucius...
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to save the Shakya clan using his own psychic powers but the Buddha discourages this, stating that the massacre is the result of the Shakyas' past karma...
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Buddha as a Kosalan, which indicates that Kosala may have subjugated the Shakya clan, which the Buddha is traditionally believed to have belonged to. Kosala...
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Vidisha-Mahadevi and belonged to the Shakya clan of Gautama Buddha. The Buddhist chroniclers may have fabricated the Shakya connection to connect Ashoka's family...
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Lumbini Province (section Shakya-era)
to the Buddhist texts, Gautama Buddha was born as a prince in a royal Shakya clan reigning over the kingdom of Kapilavastu. This ancient city has been...
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"Tsak" is believed to be derived from "Shak" which is associated with the Shakya clan, and "Ma" signifies "man" in Tibeto-Burmese languages. The Chakma script...
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"buffalo-herder dynasty", established by a Yadav named Bhul Singh. The Shakya clan formed an independent oligarchic republican state known as the Śākya...
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called as Gautam Swami. Siddhartha (founder of Buddhism) was born in the Shakya clan that belonged to the warrior (Kṣatriya) caste. He was called Gautama...
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with the Buddha, one of whose names was Shakyasimha, the lion of the Shakya clan. The three other animals on the rim of the abacus have been associated...
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the five vows. Gautama Buddha, who founded Buddhism, was born to the Shakya clan just before Magadha (which lasted from 546 to 324 BCE) rose to power...
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about the Buddha's early life in this region, as well as those of the Shakya clan. After Kapilavastu, he went eastward to the country of Ramagrama (Rama)...
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name Thích (釋) is from "Thích Ca" or "Thích Già" (釋迦), means "of the Shakya clan." After ordination, he traveled to a mountain near Ninh Hòa, vowing to...
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He is thus also known as the Shakyamuni (literally: "The sage of the Shakya clan"). The Early Buddhist Texts contain no continuous life of the buddha...
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Dynasty Thapa Dynasty Shah Dynasty Malla Dynasty Chand Dynasty Katyuri Clan Shakya Clan House of Visayans House of Tagalog Lan Xang Hom Khao Dynasty Khun Lo...
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Vietnamese name Thích (釋) is from "Thích Ca" or "Thích Già" (釋迦, "of the Shakya clan"). All Buddhist monastics in East Asian Buddhism adopt this name as their...
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also claimed himself to be descendant of the Shakyas thus possibly giving an alternate origin for this clan. They are primarily found in the Indian states...
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fact that old Kirati kings offered the throne of the Mandala to the Shakya clan, which is attributed to the origins of Buddhism. The term Nepal Mandala...
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Buddha, who was called an "awakened one" (Buddha), was born into the Shakya clan living at Kapilavastu and Lumbini in what is now southern Nepal. The...
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(brickmakers), Sāpu (descendants of Gopāl dynasty), etc. Shakya: Descendants of Lord Buddha's Shakya clan, Buddhist temple priests and also traditionally goldsmiths...
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small kingdoms and confederations of clans arose in the southern regions of Nepal. From one of these, the Shakya polity, arose a prince who later renounced...
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especially from the Shakya clan of Newars, it is of great importance because they consider it as a continuation of the sage of the Śākyas- the clan that Lord Buddha's...
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named Ambatha visited the Buddha. Knowing the Buddha's family to be the Shakya clan, who are Kshatriya caste, Ambattha failed to show him the respect he...
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population affected by the Saka. The Shakya clan of India, to which Gautama Buddha, called Śākyamuni "Sage of the Shakyas", belonged, were also likely Sakas...
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