Māyā

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Buddhist religious figure historical religious figure mother of a founder of a religion queen

Māyā is the mother of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) in Buddhist tradition, revered as Queen Māyādevī.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Queen Maya	2
Mahāmāyā	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist religious figure ⓘ historical religious figure ⓘ mother of a founder of a religion ⓘ queen ⓘ
appearsIn	Buddhist biographies of the Buddha ⓘ Jātaka-related literature ⓘ
associatedWith	Śuddhodana’s court at Kapilavastu NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithClan	Śākya clan NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Buddha’s birth at Lumbinī NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Devadaha NERFINISHED ⓘ Kapilavastu NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Devadaha (according to some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ Siddhartha Gautama NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedAt	Lumbinī, Nepal NERFINISHED ⓘ Māyādevī Temple, Lumbinī NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRole	symbol of purity and auspicious motherhood in Buddhist tradition ⓘ
deathCause	died shortly after giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama (according to tradition) ⓘ
deathRelativeTime	about seven days after the Buddha’s birth (according to many traditions) ⓘ
ethnicity	Śākya NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyRole	aunt and foster-mother role later taken by Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
honorific	devī (goddess/queen) in Māyādevī ⓘ
iconography	often depicted grasping a tree branch during the Buddha’s birth ⓘ
knownFor	dream of a white elephant before the Buddha’s conception ⓘ giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ
languageOfName	Sanskrit ⓘ
maritalStatus	married ⓘ
meaningOfName	illusion (in Sanskrit, though not her doctrinal role) ⓘ
motherOf	Gautama Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ Siddhartha Gautama NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameVariant	Mahāmāyā NERFINISHED ⓘ Māyā of Kapilavastu NERFINISHED ⓘ Māyādevī NERFINISHED ⓘ Queen Māyādevī NERFINISHED ⓘ
position	chief consort of King Śuddhodana ⓘ
relative	Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
roleInTradition	mother of the Buddha ⓘ
sister	Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Śuddhodana NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	queen consort of Kapilavastu ⓘ
traditionType	primarily known from religious and legendary sources ⓘ
veneratedIn	Mahāyāna Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Theravāda Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Vajrayāna Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
venerationType	respected as the Buddha’s mother rather than as a deity in most traditions ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Māyādevī → nameVariant → Māyā ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mahāmāyā

Maya Devi Temple → dedicatedTo → Māyā ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen Maya

Queen Maya Devi → name → Māyā ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen Maya