Republics in Ancient India, c. 1500 B.C.–500 B.C. c19.6

c19.6

Buddha, the, 1, 6, 59, 61, 81, 85, 96, 120, 121, 138, 155, 167, 172, 173, 176, 181, 183, 185, 196, 199, 205, 217, 218, 222, 225, 229, 230, 231, 234, 238; advice to Vassakāra, 126; approaching death of, 175, 176; arrival at Pāvā, 178; death of, 133, 150, 170, 177, 182, 184, 193; distribution of relics, 231; embers of, 222; funeral pyre of, 177; influence on political events, 205; influence on republicanism, 242; intervention between Sakyas and Viḍūḍabha, 195; intervention in Sakya-Koliyan feud, 189, 214; at Kesaputta, 219, 235; last journey of, 6, 172; meeting with Pasenadi, 185-86; mother of, 210, 215; on naming of Sakyas, 191; on nature of Vajjian republic, 107; relics of, 166, 170, 216. *See also* Relics of the Buddha; remains of, 178-79; on Sakyas and Kosalan relations, 183; sickness of, 174; wanderings of, 94, 129, 219 Buddhaghosa, 7, 92, 119, 121, 127, 139, 154, 197, 215, 232; on *aṭṭhakulikas*, 83; on etymology of Licchavi, 85; on historicity of Vajjian war, 130-31; on Koliyas, 209; on Licchavi assembly, 113; on Licchavi justice, 109, 120-21, 238; on Malla administration, 175; on origin of the Licchavis, 86, 93; on origin of war, 125-26; on republican peoples, 7; on Sakya-Koliyan relations, 210; on Vajjian procedure of justice, 116-17; on Vedehikā, 141 *Buddhavamsa*, 221, 222; on Bulis, 226 Buddhism, 218, 236 Buddhists, 161; communities, home of the oldest, 136; literature, 13, 181, on Bhaggas and Bodhi, 228, on Ceḍaga, 105, on Licchavis, 85, on *Mahāsammata*, 25, on names of republics, 61, reliability of, 4, 6, 7, republican clans in, 1, 218, republics in Sanskrit, 5, on Vajjis and Licchavis, 83, on Videhans, 139-40, 157; republics, compared with Vedic aristocracies, 242; revolution, 150; — *saṅgha*, 154, expression of approval in, 29, modelled on Licchavian *saṅgha*, 114, voting in, 201-02; tradition, 153, 211 Bulis of Allakappa, 147, 184, 225, 227, 230; assembly of, 227; relation with Koliyas, 227; share of in Buddha's relics, 218 Burrow, T., on etymology, 244