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  2. Maya (mother of the Buddha) - Wikipedia

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    Finally the elephant disappeared and the queen awoke, knowing she had been delivered an important message, as the elephant is a symbol of greatness. According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha-to-be was residing as a bodhisattva in the Tuṣita heaven, and decided to take the shape of a white elephant to be reborn on Earth for the last time ...

  3. Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini - Wikipedia

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    Maya Devi temple and ruins of ancient monasteries. Maya Devi temple houses the marker stone and the nativity sculpture related to the birth of Gautama Buddha.The ancient Maya Devi temple was built during the visit of emperor Ashoka in Lumbini around 249 BC using burnt bricks to safeguard the marker stone and nativity sculpture [7] The radiocarbon dating of the posthole alignments from the ...

  4. Samantabhadra Meditation Sutra - Wikipedia

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    The Buddha Shakyamuni describes in detail the form of the elephant on which Universal Virtue is mounted. [ 6 ] Universal Virtue rides the white elephant for the sole purpose of guiding the people of Jambudvīpa, or the sahā -world, through practices that are associated with their environment. [ 7 ]

  5. Bharhut - Wikipedia

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    Buddha's mother Mahamaya.also known as Māhāmāyā and Māyādevī, was the queen of Shakya and the birth mother of Gautama Buddha, the sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. She was the wife of Śuddhodana, the king of the Shakya kingdom. She was sister of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, the first Buddhist nun ordained by the Buddha. But she ...

  6. Queen Maya's Dream - Wikipedia

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    Depiction of the scene of conception of Buddha is an example of auspicious female sexuality. The scene shows Queen Maya lying on the couch on her side with female attendants, sleeping on the side and four lokapalas or celestial beings are standing in the corner, an elephant is seen entering the womb of Maya.

  7. Samantabhadra (Bodhisattva) - Wikipedia

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    Some believe that the white elephant mount of Samantabhadra was the same elephant that appeared to Queen Maya, the mother of the Buddha, to herald his birth. Mahayana esoteric traditions sometimes treat Samantabhadra as one of the 'Primordial' (Sanskrit: Dharmakaya) Buddhas, but the main primordial Buddha is considered to be Vairocana.

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