Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.1988

v2.c36.1988

¹ D. ii. 146. ² J. iii. 270; cf. Mtu. i. 348, 349, 350, where it is called the capital of King Sujāta of the Sākyan race. See also the Kumbha Jātaka (J. ii. 13), where Sāketa is mentioned as one of the places into which alcohol was introduced quite soon after its discovery by Sura and Varuṇa. According to the Mahānārada-Kassapa Jātaka (J. vi. 228), it was the birthplace of Bijaka, æons ago. In this context it is called Sāketā. According to a tradition, recorded in the Mahāvastu, Sāketa was the city from which Sākyan princes were exiled when they founded Kapilavatthu. E. J. Thomas accepts this view (op. cit., 16 f.). ³ DhA. i. 386. ⁴ The Divyāvadāna (211) has another explanation of the name, in connection with the coronation of Mandhātā (Svayam āgatam svayam āgatam Sāketa-Sāketam iti sañjñā samvṛttā). ⁵ p. 390; but see below. ⁶ E.g., Vin. i. 253. ⁷ SN. vss. 1011-1013. ⁸ M. i. 149. ⁹ E.g., Vin. i. 88, 89, 270; iii. 212; iv. 63, 120.