[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.c36.257 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.257 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.257 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.257) The Sākyans evidently had no king. Theirs was a republican form of government, probably with a leader, elected from time to time. The administration and judicial affairs of the gotta were discussed in their Santhāgāra, or Mote-Hall, at Kapilavatthu.⁶ Ambaṭṭha (q.v.) once visited it on business; so did the envoys of Pasenadi, when he wished to marry a Sākyan maiden (see below). A new Mote-Hall was built at Kapilavatthu while the Buddha was staying at the Nigrodhārāma, and he was asked to inaugurate it. This he did by a series of ethical discourses lasting through the night, delivered by himself, Ānanda, and Moggallāna.⁷ - [Previous: v2.c36.256](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.256) - [Next: v2.c36.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.258) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) ## Linked texts (7) - [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga.6.30.6.5) — Pāli - [Mahāparinibbānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.6.22.1) — Pāli - [Ambaṭṭhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.3.1.12.1) — Pāli - [Cūḷasaccakasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.35.3.1) — Pāli - [Cātumasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.67.1.1) — Pāli - [Aṭṭhakanāgarasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.52.15.1) — Pāli - [Dutiyadārukkhandhopamasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta.4.35.242.1.1) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.257](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.257) · Pramāṇa