Sakya Cakyas : a clan of Sūryavanshis (descendants of Ikshwāku) living in the Nepalese Terai in 6th cent. BC. Their king, Suddhodana of Kapilāvastu, was the father of Buddha.
... 15 January 1935 Ma! What is the "Dhammapada"? What does it mean? It was written by whom? The Dhammapada is the book containing the teachings of the Buddha (Cakya Muni). "Dhammapada" is a Pali word which means the foundation of the Law. Love and blessings to my dear faithful Baby 15 January 1935 ...
... e however close is the most misleading thing in philology. Upon such resemblances Pocock made out a very strong case for his theory that the Greeks were a Hindu colony. The identity of the Sakas & Sakyas was for a long time a pet theory of European Sanscritists and on this identity was based the theory that Buddha was a Scythian reformer of Hinduism. This identity is now generally given up, yet it ...
... flung aside in order to follow the call of the Divine within. I cannot think that the Gita would solve such an inner situation by sending Buddha back to his wife and father and the government of the Sakya State, or would direct a Ramakrishna to become a Pundit in a vernacular school and disinterestedly teach little boys their lessons, or bind down a Vivekananda to support his family and for that to follow ...
... universe. The life of the Buddha, known also as Gautama and Sakyamuni, has fascinated people throughout history. That he was born around 560 BC in the Himalayan town of Kapilavastu, into the Sakya clan, and given the name Siddhartha, which means "wish fulfilled", is part of what is agreed to be factual of the beginning of the Buddha's life. Later tradition recounts the appearance and early ...
... the straight path, the direct way which leads into a state of union with Brahma." But neither was able to convince the other. Then Vasettha said to his friend, "There is a sage named Gotama of the Sakya clan who is now living a religious life. He is staying in the mango grove nearby. He is of high reputation, he is even said to be a 'fully Enlightened One', full of wisdom and goodness, happiness and ...
... 603 Śakasena, Mathariputra, 585 Page 637 Sakastan/Seistan, 458.461 Sakrāditya. 508 Sakti-Kumāra, 583 Śaktiśri, 583, 584 Sakyas, 205 Sālavāhana (of Chamba). 518 Saletorc.B. A.. 371. 375 Saliké, 418, 419 Sālivāhana (= Sātavāhana), 517-8 Sālivāhana. the Tomara Prince, 518 Sālivāhana of Pratishthana. 583, 602 ...
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