Mayadevi | Mahamaya | Mother of Shakyamuni Buddha

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Mayadevi is also known as Mahamaya, was  the birth mother of Shakyamuni Buddha. She was the wife of king Suddhodana, the king of the Shakya kingdom. She was sister of Mahaprajapati Gautami, the first Buddhist nun ordained by the Buddha.

Maya means "skillful creator" in Sanskrit, Maya is also called Mahamaya ("Great Maya") and Mayadevi ("Queen Maya"). In Buddhist tradition, Mayadevi died soon after the birth of Buddha, generally said to be seven days afterwards, and came to life again in a Buddhist heaven, a pattern that is said to be followed in the births of all Buddhas. Thus Mayadevi did not raise her son who was instead raised by his maternal aunt Mahaprajapati Gautami.  Mayadevi would, however, on occasion descend from Heaven to give advice to her son.

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