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 Jataka tales
surface form: Buddhist Jātaka stories

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
surface form: Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini
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 Shakyamuni Buddha
surface form: Gautama Buddha

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

Sanskrit Buddhist texts
spouseOf Śuddhodana
surface form: King Śuddhodana
title Queen of the Śākya clan
veneratedIn Buddhism

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Lumbini associatedWithPerson Queen Maya Devi
Māyādevī nameVariant Queen Maya Devi
this entity surface form: Queen Māyā
Sacred Garden associatedWith Queen Maya Devi
Puskarini (Sacred Pond) associatedWith Queen Maya Devi
Puskarini (Sacred Pond) traditionalBelief Queen Maya Devi
this entity surface form: Queen Maya Devi bathed here before giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama
Puskarini (Sacred Pond) traditionalBelief Queen Maya Devi
this entity surface form: Queen Maya Devi performed ritual purification here