# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/suddhodana
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:03:42.275Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/suddhodana"
name: "Śuddhodana"
slug: "suddhodana"
description: "He tried to build a world soft enough to keep his son from ever wanting to leave — and in doing so, set in motion the man who would walk away from everything."
tagline: "King of Shakya Kingdom"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SudhodannaAndHisCourt.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "-600"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           21.082528
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Śuddhodana led the Shakya, an oligarchic republic centered at Kapilavastu, in what is now the borderlands between India and Nepal. His name meant "he who grows pure rice." His son, Siddhartha Gautama, would become the Buddha. Later Buddhist tradition elevated Śuddhodana to the status of king, though modern scholars dispute whether he held that title — the Shakya operated as a republic, not a monarchy. What remains undisputed is the departure: the father who raised him could not hold him.