śākya

Dictionary meanings for śākya from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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śākya

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

mfn. derived or descended from the S3akas Saka s (= śakā abhijano 'sya) g. śaṇḍikādi 1062,2 214895 m. N. of a tribe of landowners and Kshatriyas kzatriya s in Kapila-vastu kapila-vastu (from whom Gautama gautama, the founder of Buddhism, was descended) Buddh.; MWB. 21, 22 1062,2 214896 m. N. of Gautama gautama Buddha buddha himself Nya1yam. 1062,2 214897 m. of his father S3uddhodana śuddhodana (son of Sam2jaya...

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