Definition of Shakyan. Meaning of Shakyan. Synonyms of Shakyan

- or paying homage to the brāhmaṇas owing to their "menial origin." The Shakyans were at least bilingual, under the linguistic influence of Munda languages...
- martial skill, which was put to the test in various contests against other Shakyan youths. While the earliest sources merely depict Gotama s****ing a higher...
- respective governments. Gautama Buddha, being a kshatriya was required by Shakyan tradition to p**** a series of tests to prove himself as a warrior, before...
- enlightenment, Bandaka convinced Buddha's father to name him heir to the Shakyan but still failed to win Yashodara over. He then resigns himself to taking...
- to the Mahāyāna Abhiniṣkramaṇa Sūtra (佛本行集經), Suprabuddha was a wealthy Shākyan who lived in Devadaha. He had eight daughters, the eldest of whom was Māyā...
- Solar Race and he was ancestor of Shakyamuni. Some scholars consider the Shakyans a republic or federation formed by a group of warrior class, who supposedly...
- treating him with scant respect. Shakyans who were proud of superiority of their blood, decided not give a Shakyan girl to Pasenadi, King of Kosala in...
- Athenian ****embly (with its quorum of six thousand for major decisions), the Shakyan legislature needed an officer to manage the proceedings and so elected...
- Nigali Sagar in Nigalihawa. Tilaurakot may be the location of the ancient Shakyan city of Kapilavastu, where Gautama Buddha spent the first 29 years of his...
- and more. The Neoplatonic philosopher Ammonius Saccas may have been of Shakyan Indian descent. Varāhamihira, in a p****age where he calls on the people...