Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c11.27

v1.c11.27

Although the Sanscritised form of the Pāli name is Ikṣavāku, it is unlikely that Okkāka is identical with the famous Ikṣavāku of the *Purāṇas*, the immediate son of Manu, son of the Sun. The Pāli is evidently more primitive, as is shown by the form Okkāmukha, and the name Ikṣavāku looks like a deliberate attempt to accommodation to the Purāṇic account.¹⁰