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close relatives.‛ So saying thus they did not blame them; as they were pleased, they just
kept silent.
From the marriages between the Sakkas and the Kalians, the lineage came down without
any break to the lifetime of the Buddha.
In this way, the growth of the Sakyan descendants took place in purity and worthiness, as
they mixed with their own relatives. Since there was no interruption from the time of King
OkkÈka, the founding head of the Sakyans, down to the time of Prince Siddhattha, the
future Buddha, they went down in history with good reputation as ‚
Asambhinna-Khattiya
(unbroken aristocratic)‛ lineage.
The Founding of Devadaha
The Sakyan princes living in Kapilavatthu used to go to a big, pleasant and beautiful lake
in order to amuse themselves in water. Because it was the lake of royal sports, it came to
be known as Devadaha (‘
Deva
’ implying Sakyan princes as recognized lords and ‘
daha
’
meaning a lake for watery games).
Later on, those Sakyan princes, who came to the lake for amusements, did not return to
Kapilavatthu but built royal lodges near the lake. In due course, the area prospered and
became a city by itself, earning the name Devadaha after the lake.
The Sakyans residing in that city were also named Devadaha Sakyans after the city.
(Based on the exposition of the Devadaha Sutta
,
UparipaÓÓÈsa AÔÔhakathÈ).
The Descendants of UkkÈmukha The Sakyan King
The rulers belonging to Kapilavatthu are as follows:
(1) Its founder, King UkkÈmukha (when the King spoke a brilliant light. sign of
authority, came out from his mouth like his father King OkkÈka),
(2) his son King NipuÓa,
(3) his son King CandimÈ,
(4) his son King Candamukha,
(5) his son King Sivi,
(6) his son King SiÒjaya,
(7) his son King Vessantara, the Bodhisatta,
(8) his son King JÈli.
(9) his son King SÊhavahana,
(10) his son King Sihassara.
These ten Sakyan kings and King SÊhassara's descendants down to Jeyyasena, eighty-two
thousand in all, ruled successively in Kapilavatthu of the Sakyan Kingdom.
The last of these eighty-two thousand and ten Kings, Jeyyasena, had a son and daughter,
SÊhahanu and YasodharÈ respectively.
At that time King UkkÈsakka and Queen YasavatÊ of Devadaha (also) had a son and
daughter, AÒjana and KaÒcanÈ respectively.
From the marriage of Prince SÊhahanu, son of King Jeyyasena of Kapilavatthu, and
Princess KaÒcana, daughter of UkkÈsakka of Devadaha, were five sons and two daughters,
totalling seven children were born. The five sons were (1) SuddhodÈna, (2) Amitodana, (3)
Dhotodana, (4) Sakkodana, (5) Sukkodana (Mention is made according to the exposition of
SammÈparibbÈjaniya Sutta
,
SuttanipÈta AÔÔhakathÈ, Vol. 2.) The two daughters were (1)
Princess Amitta and (2) Princess PÈlitÈ.
From the marriage of Prince AÒjana, son of King UkkÈsakka of Devadaha, and Princess
YasodharÈ, daughter of King Jeyyasena of Kapilavatthu, were two sons and two daughters,
totalling four children. (Herein, the name of King AÒjana is also mentioned as MahÈ
Suppabuddha.) The two sons were Prince Suppabuddha and Prince DandapÈni. The