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A panaka, panaqa or panaca was a family formed by all the descendants of a monarch, a
Sapan Inka, excluding from it the son who would succeed in his reign. The basic social institution of the Incas is the
ayllu
The ''ayllu'', a family clan, is the traditional form of a community in the Andes, especially among Quechuas and Aymaras. They are an indigenous local government model across the Andes region of South America, particularly in Bolivia and Peru.
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. An ayllu is a group of families that descended from a common ancestor, united by culture and religion, in addition to the agricultural work, livestock and fishing of the same territory. Ayllu concept transcended into nobility, so that the royal kinship could establish a lineage, called panaka or
royal house
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.
The family of each Inca formed a royal ayllu that received the name of panaka, a royal lineage. The only son of the Sapan Inka who was not part of the panaka was the Auqui (
crown prince
A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title is crown princess, which may refer either to an heiress apparent or, especially in earlier times, to the wif ...
) because the latter, when he became emperor, would form his own panaka.
Among other functions occupied by the panaka were those of maintaining the memory of the deceased Inca and his mallki (mummy), of performing ceremonies in his name and of taking care of his goods and alliances made in life. Each panaka owned several holdings across the realm, including a palaces in the sacred city of Qusqu, the city core was composed principally of palatial enclosures known as
kancha owned by the Panakas. Panakas had great influence on the decision of the appointment of successors to the Sapan Inka position.
List of Panaka
The capaccuna
was the official list of panakas and their respective ancestor, other ethnic Inca ayllu familia existed but only the most prominent lineages were inside the capaccuna, and had the right to be called panaka.
According to the
Incas
The Inca Empire (also Quechuan and Aymaran spelling shift, known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechuan languages, Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) wa ...
, the panakas were these, in chronological order:
Rurin Qusqu moiety:
* Chima Panaka Ayllu (Manku Qhapaqpa panakan), the royal house of
Manku Qhapaq.
* Rawrawa Panaka Ayllu (Sinchi Ruq'ap panakan), the royal house of
Sinchi Ruqa.
* Hawaynin Panaka Ayllu (Lluq'i Yupankip panakan), the royal house of
Lluq'i Yupanki.
* Uska Mayta Panaka Ayllu (Mayta Qhapaqpa panakan), the royal house of
Mayta Qhapaq.
* Apu Mayta Panaka Ayllu (Qhapaq Yupankip panakan), the royal house of
Qhapaq Yupanki.
Hanan Qusqu moiety:
* Wikakiraw Panaka Ayllu (Inka Ruqap panakan), the royal house of
Inka Ruqa.
* Awqaylli Panaka (Yawar Waqaqpa panakan), the royal house of
Yawar Waqaq
Yawar Waqaq (Hispanicized spellings ''Yahuar Huacac, Yáhuar Huácac'') or Yawar Waqaq Inka was the seventh Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco (beginning around CE 1380) and the second of the Hanan dynasty.
His father was Inca Roca
Inca Roca (Qu ...
.
* Suqsu Panaka Ayllu (Wiraqucha Inkap panakan), the royal house of
Wiraqucha Inka.
* Hatun Ayllu / Iñaka Panaka Ayllu (Pachakutiq Yupankip panakan), the royal house of
Pachakutiq Yupanki.
* Qhapaq Ayllu (Tupaq Yupankip panakan), the royal house of
Tupaq Yupanki.
* Tumipampa Ayllu (Wayna Qhapaqpa panakan), the royal house of
Wayna Qhapaq
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.
Inca
The ayllu clans and their panaka counterpart were the basic Inca social unit of Inca organization, panaka were one of the most important links in the Inca administration, simultaneously in the political, social, economic and cultural aspects of the state of the
Tawantinsuyu
The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...
.
See also
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Ayllu
The ''ayllu'', a family clan, is the traditional form of a community in the Andes, especially among Quechuas and Aymaras. They are an indigenous local government model across the Andes region of South America, particularly in Bolivia and Peru.
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*
Inca Emperors
The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...
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Inca Government The Tawantinsuyu ( "four parts together"; fig. "land of the four quarters") or Inca Empire was a centralized bureaucracy. It drew upon the administrative forms and practices of previous Andean civilizations such as the Wari Empire and Tiwanaku, and ...
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