Koliya tribe - Koliya (English spelling)

Japanese: コーリヤ族 - コーリヤぞく（英語表記）Koliya

A tribe from the time of Buddha in India, the Koliya tribe belonged to the Kshatriya class. The state was organized as a tribal republic. It was adjacent to the Shakya tribe across the Rohini River, and the two tribes were linked by marriage (Buddha's mother, Maya, is said to have been from this tribe). There is a famous story about Buddha mediating a dispute between the two tribes over water use on the Rohini River. After Buddha's death, the Koliya tribe is said to have obtained some of the Buddha's bones and built a tower. [Yamazaki Genichi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

インド，ブッダ(仏陀)時代の部族の一つでクシャトリヤ階級に属する。その国家は部族共和制の組織をもっていた。ローヒニー川をはさんでシャーキャ(釈迦)族と隣接し，両部族は婚姻関係によって結ばれていた(ブッダの母のマーヤーMāyā夫人はこの部族出身とされている)。ローヒニー川の水利をめぐる両部族の争いをブッダが仲裁した話は有名。ブッダの死後，コーリヤ族は仏骨の一部を手に入れ，塔を建立したという。【山崎元一】

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