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In s v r l pl s, p rti ul rly th Amba. t. tha Sutta (Di) n its r vā omm nt ry, th prog nitors o th Śāky s r r l t to King kkāk:“ Śāky ns r g r King kkāk s th ir n stor”( lsh:). In th Amba. t. tha Sutta th king nish s his l r roth rs rom his king om n th ym k th ir hom on th slop so th Him l y s. But th y n fin no on suit l to m rry, so th yt k th ir own sist rs s wiv s, n th s in stuous r l tionships giv ris to th Śāky s. An it is this si ling m rri g th t itz li ntifi s s n Ir ni n tr it.

 āli n m kkāk is usu lly i ntifi with th nskrit Ik. svāku, Kos- l n king. I h v not n l to tr th origin li ntifi tion o kkāk n Ik. svāku, ut th Mahāvastu ( v) su stitut s Ik. svāku wh r th āli h s kkāk(. g. v.). As Jon ss ys,“ story h r giv n, with som iff r n s in nom n l tur, ollows pr tty los ly th t in th āli t xts”(:, n.). How- v r, in v th roth rs m rry h l-sist r orn o iff r nt moth r. G ig r’s Pāli Grammar points out th t th n m s kkāk n Ik. svāku r not simpl n- itz l (p rson l ommuni tion,) s ys th t th i go s k tl st to J rl Ch rp nti r in th s, n p rh ps v n rli r.

 itz l lso m ntions som oth r tur s, ut I h v not n l to ollow th s up. Jon s not s this in his tr nsl tion long with not on th nskrit t xt (:).