Pāli Dictionary

Compound structure

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naḷasākiyā
  1. naḷa

    Schilfrohr

  2. sākiyāsākiya

    zum Sākya-Klan gehörig

Encyclopedia

  • Ein Zweig des Sakya-Clans, der Viḍūḍabhas Massaker entging, indem er wahrheitsgemäß behauptete, Gras oder Schilf zu sein statt Sakyer, woraus dieser Name entstand.

  • A branch of the Sakyan clan who escaped Viḍūḍabha’s massacre by claiming, without lying, to be grass or reeds rather than Sakyans, giving rise to this name.

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