[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c14.882 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.882 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.882 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.882](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.882) Late Buddhists appear to have forgotten the Vedic ṛṣi, for, according to an ancient legend, \*\*Okkāka\*\*, the immediate ancestor of the Sākiyans, was born of an egg formed of the coagulated blood and semen of an ascetic Gotama, as he lay impaled for the alleged murder of a courtesan. The egg was hatched by the sun.³ - [Previous: v1.c14.881](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.881) - [Next: v1.c14.883](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.883) - [Up: v1.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.882](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.882) · Pramāṇa