印度的一個剎帝利武士氏族，佛陀涅槃後曾分得一份舍利，相傳源出逃難的釋迦族王子後裔，後來產生了阿育王的祖父旃陀笈多（Candagutta）。

A warrior clan of India that claimed a share of the Buddha’s relics after his death and, according to tradition, descended from Sakyan princes who fled persecution and later produced Candagutta, grandfather of Asoka.