[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.c36.269 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.269 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.269 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.269) The Buddha states, in the Aggañña Sutta,¹³ that the Sākyans were vassals of King Pasenadi of Kosala. Yet, when Pasenadi wished to establish connection with the Buddha's family by marrying one of the daughters of a Sākyan chief, the Sākyans decided in their Mote-Hall that it would be beneath their dignity to marry one of their daughters to the King of Kosala. But as they dared not refuse Pasenadi's request, the Sākyan chieftain, Mahānāma, solved the difficulty by giving him Vāsabhakhattiyā (q.v.), who was his daughter by a slave-girl, Nāgamundā. By her Pasenadi had a son, Viḍūḍabha. When Pasenadi discovered the trick, he deprived his wife and her son of all their honours, but restored them on the intervention of the Buddha. Later, when Viḍūḍabha, who had vowed vengeance on the Sākyans for the insult offered to his father, became king, he marched into Kapilavatthu and there massacred the Sākyans, including women and children. The Buddha felt himself powerless to save them from their fate because they had committed sin in a previous life by throwing poison into a river. Only a few escaped, and these came to be called the Naḷasākiyā and the Tiṇasākiyā.¹⁴ Among the Sākyans who thus escaped was Paṇḍu, son of Amitodana. He crossed the Ganges, and, on the other side of the river, founded a city. His daughter was Bhaddakaccānā (q.v.), who later married Paṇḍuvāsudeva, king of Ceylon.¹⁵ Thus the kings of Ceylon were connected by birth to the Sākyans. - [Previous: v2.c36.268](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.268) - [Next: v2.c36.270](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.270) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) ## Linked texts (1) - [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.269](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.269) · Pramāṇa