[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968) › c13.s2.52 # Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.52 Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c13.s2.52 - **Language:** English ### [c13.s2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.52) It is probably derived from the Sanskrit root \*śak\* (\*śaknoti\*, rarely \*śakyati\* or \*śakyate\*), meaning “to be able,” “worthy,” “possible,” or “practicable.”¹³ It appears that in Sanskrit both \*Śākya\* and \*Śakya\* are correct. We have taken Pāli \*Sakya\* (Sanskrit \*Śākya\*), which figures most frequently in the earlier texts, as the standard form. Rhys Davids, on phonological grounds accepts the name as \*Sākiya\*.¹ However, this form only occurs twice in the \*Dīgha Nikāya\*,² though it is most common in the \*Jātakas\*.³ - [Previous: c13.s2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.51) - [Next: c13.s2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.53) - [Up: c13.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1968.c13.s2.52) · Pramāṇa