[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) › v2.c36.250 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.250 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.250 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.250) Sakyā, Sakka, Sākiyā.—A tribe in North India, to which the Buddha belonged. Their capital was Kapilavatthu. Mention is also made of other Sākyan settlements—\*e.g.\*, Cātumā, Khomadussa, Sāmagāma, Devadaha, Silāvatī, Nagaraka, Medatalumpa, Sakkhara and Uḷumpa (\*q.v.\*). Within the Sākyan tribe there were probably several clans, \*gottā\*. The Buddha himself belonged to the Gotamagotta. It has been suggested¹ that this was a brahmin clan, claiming descent from the ancient \*isi\* Gotama. The evidence for this suggestion is, however, very meagre. Nowhere do we find the Sākyans calling themselves brahmins. On the other hand, we find various clans claiming a share of the Buddha’s relics on the ground that they, like the Buddha, were \*khattiyas\*.² It is stated³ that the Sākyans were a haughty people. When the Buddha first visited them, after his Enlightenment, they refused to honour him on account of his youth. The Buddha then performed a miracle and preached the Vessantara Jātaka, and their pride was subdued. They were 163. Hiouen Thsang, however, found them obliging and gentle in manners (Beal, \*op. cit.\*, ii. 14). - [Previous: v2.c36.249](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.249) - [Next: v2.c36.251](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.251) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) ## Linked texts (4) - [Cullavagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.cullavagga.7.1.4.10) — Pāli - [Mahāparinibbānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.6.24.5) — Pāli - [Ambaṭṭhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.1.9.1) — Pāli - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.250](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.250) · Pramāṇa