Why do you think he is called Buddha Shakyamuni (zAkyamuni)?
On Oct 31, 2011, at 2:29 AM, cardemaister wrote:
From The Legend of King Vikrama, Introduction:
"In addition to being an exemplary king, he [Vikrama -- card]
is also said to have liberated India from the rule of the
Shakas [CDSL: zaka -- card] or foreigners."
CDSL:
zaka 3 m. pl. N. of a partic. whiteskinned tribe or race of people
(in the legends which relate the contests between Vasisht2ha and
Vis3vamitra the S3akas are fabled to have been produced by the Cow
of Vasisht2ha , from her sweat , for the destruction of
Vis3va1mitra's army ; in Mn. x , 44 , they are mentioned together
with the Paun2d2rakas , Od2ras , Dravid2as , Ka1mbojas , Javanas or
Yavanas , Pa1radas , Pahlavas , Ci1nas , Kira1tas , Daradas , and
Khas3as , described by Kullu1ka as degraded tribes of Kshatriyas
called after the districts in which they reside: according to the
VP. iv , 3 , king Sagara attempted to rid his kingdom of these
tribes , but did not succeed in destroying them all: they are
sometimes regarded as the followers of S3aka or S3a1li-va1hana ,
and are probably to be identified with the Tartars or Indo-
Scythians [Lat. %{saca}] who overran India before the A1ryans , and
were conquered by the great Vikrama7ditya [q.v.] ; they really seem
to have been dominant in the north-west of India in the last
century before and the first two centuries after the beginning of
our era) AV.Paris3. Mn. MBh. &c. ; a king of the S3akas g. %
{kambojA7di} (on Pa1n2. 4-1 , 175 Va1rtt.) ; an era , epoch (cf. %{-
kAla}) ; a year (of any era) Inscr. ; a partic. fragrant substance
Gal.
zAkya [ = Shaakya -- card] mfn. derived or descended from the
S3akas [ = zakas -- card] (= %{zakA@abhijano@'sya}) g. %
{zaNDikA7di} ; m. N. of a tribe of landowners and Kshatriyas in
Kapila-vastu (from whom Gautama , the founder of Buddhism , was
descended) Buddh. MWB. 21 , 22 ; N. of Gautama Buddha himself
Nya1yam. ; of his father S3uddhodana (son of Sam2jaya) Pur. ; a
Buddhist mendicant VarBr2S. ; patr. fr. %{zaka} g. %{gargA7di} ;
patr. fr. %{zAka} , or %{zAkin} g. %{kurv-Adi}.
