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[[Image:Birth.JPG|frame|Mayadevi giving birth to Prince Siddhartha in [[Lumbini]]]]
[[Image:Birth.JPG|frame|Mayadevi giving birth to Prince Siddhartha in [[Lumbini]]]]
'''Mayadevi''' (Skt. ''Māyādevī''; Wyl. ''sgyu 'phrul ma'') aka '''Mahamaya''' (Skt. ''Mahāmāyā'') — the mother of Prince Siddhartha, the future [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]. She died shortly after his birth and was reborn in [[Indra]]'s heaven. Buddha went there to teach here after his [[enlightenment]].
'''Mayadevi''' (Skt. ''Māyādevī''; Wyl. ''sgyu 'phrul ma'') aka '''Mahamaya''' (Skt. ''Mahāmāyā'') — the mother of Prince Siddhartha, the future [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]. She died shortly after his birth and was reborn in [[Indra]]'s heaven. Buddha went there to teach her after his [[enlightenment]].


[[Category:Historical Figures]]
[[Category:Historical Figures]]

Revision as of 21:03, 11 February 2010

Mayadevi giving birth to Prince Siddhartha in Lumbini

Mayadevi (Skt. Māyādevī; Wyl. sgyu 'phrul ma) aka Mahamaya (Skt. Mahāmāyā) — the mother of Prince Siddhartha, the future Buddha Shakyamuni. She died shortly after his birth and was reborn in Indra's heaven. Buddha went there to teach her after his enlightenment.