Queen Maya Devi

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Queen Maya Devi is revered in Buddhist tradition as the mother of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist religious figure ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
queen ⓘ
appearsIn Buddhist Jātaka stories ⓘ
linked to: Jataka tales

Buddhist canonical texts ⓘ
associatedPlace Kapilavastu ⓘ
Lumbini ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Buddhism ⓘ
birthplaceOfChild Lumbini ⓘ
category Mothers of religious founders ⓘ
centralFigureIn Buddha’s birth narratives ⓘ
commemoratedBy pilgrimage at Lumbini ⓘ
countryInModernTerms Nepal ⓘ
culture ancient Indian ⓘ
deathCircumstance said to have died shortly after the Buddha’s birth ⓘ
ethnicGroup Śākya ⓘ
familyRelation sister of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
hasTempleDedicated Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini ⓘ
linked to: Maya Devi Temple
honorific Devi (goddess or lady) ⓘ
iconography often depicted holding a branch of a sal tree at the Buddha’s birth ⓘ
influenceOn Buddhist art ⓘ
Buddhist devotional practices ⓘ
knownFor dream of a white elephant entering her side ⓘ
giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ
languageOfName Sanskrit ⓘ
motherOf Gautama Buddha ⓘ
linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ
linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha
name Maya Devi ⓘ
Queen Maya ⓘ
linked to: Māyā
region ancient Kapilavastu region ⓘ
linked to: Kapilavastu
relatedTo Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
religiousStatus revered as a holy mother in Buddhism ⓘ
roleInTradition mother of the Buddha ⓘ
scriptureTradition Pāli Canon ⓘ
linked to: the Pali Canon

Sanskrit Buddhist texts ⓘ
spouseOf King Śuddhodana ⓘ
linked to: Śuddhodana
title Queen of the Śākya clan ⓘ
veneratedIn Buddhism ⓘ

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Lumbini → associatedWithPerson → Queen Maya Devi ⓘ
Māyādevī → nameVariant → Queen Māyā ⓘ
linked to: Queen Maya Devi
Sacred Garden → associatedWith → Queen Maya Devi ⓘ
Puskarini (Sacred Pond) → associatedWith → Queen Maya Devi ⓘ
Puskarini (Sacred Pond) → traditionalBelief → Queen Maya Devi bathed here before giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ
linked to: Queen Maya Devi
Puskarini (Sacred Pond) → traditionalBelief → Queen Maya Devi performed ritual purification here ⓘ
linked to: Queen Maya Devi
Kapilavastu → hasNotableResident → Queen Maya ⓘ
linked to: Queen Maya Devi