Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c11.12

v1.c11.12

1. **Okkāka.**—A king, ancestor of the **Sākyas** and the **Kolians**. In the **Ambaṭṭha Sutta**¹ it is stated that Okkāka, being fond of his queen and wishing to transfer the kingdom to her son, banished from the kingdom the elder princes by another wife. These princes were named **Okkāmukha**, **Karakaṇḍa**, **Hatthinika**, and **Sīnipura**.² They lived on the slopes of the Himālaya and, consorting with their sisters and their descendants, formed the Sākyan race. The legend, thus briefly given, is enlarged on with great detail in the Commentaries. According to Buddhaghosa, there are three dynasties with a king named Okkāka at the head of each, all of them lineal descendants of the primeval king, **Mahāsammata**, and in the line of succession of Makādeva.