Mayadevi

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Mayadevi giving birth to Prince Siddhartha in Lumbini

Mayadevi (Skt. Māyādevī; Tib. སྒྱུ་འཕྲུལ་ལྷ་མོ་, སྒྱུ་འཕྲུལ་མ་, gyutrul ma, 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.