[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127) › 1.25 # 釋氏要覽 1.25 釋氏要覽 1.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.25) 即彼四太子以德歸人。不數年間。欝為強國。父王悔憶。遣使往詔四子辭過不歸。父王乃三歎曰。我子釋迦（華言能仁）長阿含經云。釋迦。秦言能。又譯為直。謂直。林故（詳此二譯初從人後就處）今詳。四太子俱命釋迦。惟第四尼拘羅是　我佛祖也。按經云。尼拘羅有子名俱盧。俱盧有子名瞿俱盧。瞿俱盧有子名師子頰。師子頰有四子。一淨飯。二白飯。三斛飯。四甘露飯（梵云首圖䭾那。此云淨飯王。即佛父也）。 > Namely, those four princes won people over through virtue; within a few years, it grew into a powerful state. The father king felt remorse and longing, and sent an envoy to summon the four sons, who declined on account of their fault and did not return. The father king then sighed three times, saying: 'My sons are capable (Śākya, in Chinese meaning "Capable and Benevolent").' The Dīrgha Āgama states: 'Śākya, in the Qin language, means "Capable"; it is also translated as "Straight", referring to the straightness of the trees.' (Examining these two translations: the former derives from the persons, the latter from the place.) Examining this now: all four princes were named Śākya, but only the fourth, Nikura, was our Buddha's ancestor. According to the sūtra, Nikura had a son named Kuru; Kuru had a son named Gokuru; Gokuru had a son named Siṃhahanu; Siṃhahanu had four sons: first, Śuddhodana; second, Śuklodana; third, Droṇodana; fourth, Amṛtodana. (In Sanskrit Śuddhodana, translated here as King Pure Rice, who was the Buddha's father.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.24) - [Next: 1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.26) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127~en-mt.1.25) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.25) · Pramāṇa