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Yaśodharā
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Yaśodharā or Yashodhara, originally known as Bhaddakaccānā (Pāli) or Bhadrakātyāyani (Sanskrit), was an Indian princess and the wife of Prince Siddhartha prior to his renunciation to become a śramaṇa (ascetic). She was the mother of Rāhula, and the niece of Mahaprajapati Gautami. Later, she became a Bhikkhunī and is considered an arahatā.
Key facts
- Royalty.mother
- Amitā
- Royalty.birth_place
- Devdaha, Koliya Kingdom
- Royalty.death_date
- (aged 78)
- Royalty.religion
- Buddhism
- Person.child
- yes
- Person.children
- Rāhula
- Royalty.name
- Yaśodharā
- Royalty.image
- Yasodhara.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Yashodhara, Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand
- Royalty.spouse
- Siddhartha
- Royalty.father
- Suppabuddha
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Life
- Legends
- Names
- Yasodharā's attitude to the Great Renunciation
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Literature
- External links
Yaśodharā or Yashodhara, originally known as Bhaddakaccānā (Pāli) or Bhadrakātyāyani (Sanskrit), was an Indian princess and the wife of Prince Siddhartha prior to his renunciation to become a śramaṇa (ascetic). She was the mother of Rāhula, and the niece of Mahaprajapati Gautami. Later, she became a Bhikkhunī and is considered an arahatā.
==Life== Yaśodharā was the daughter of King Suppabuddha and Amitā. She was born on the same day in the month of Vaishaka as prince Siddhartha. Her grandfather was Añjana, a Koliya chief, her father was Suppabuddha and her mother, Amitā, came from a Shakya family. The Shakya and the Koliya were branches of the Ādicca (Sanskrit: Aditya) or Ikshvaku dynasty. There were no other families considered equal to them in the region, and therefore members of these two royal families married only among themselves.
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