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Maya (/ ˈ m ɑː j ə /; Devanagari: माया, IAST: māyā), also known as Mahāmāyā 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.
Queen Maya's Dream, c. 2nd century, Gandharan from Mardan. Queen Maya's Dream is an episode in the story of the life of The Buddha, representing his conception by his mother Queen Maya. It is a common scene in the life of Buddha in art, showing Maya asleep on her side having a dream. Of depictions including Maya, only the birth scene is more ...
Maya was the mother of the Buddha and was from the Koliyan clan. Maya was born in Devadaha. She was married to her cousin King Suddhodana, who ruled in the kingdom of Kapilavastu. In Buddhist texts, a white elephant was said to have entered her side during a dream. When she awoke she found that she was pregnant.
According to the Theri-apadāna, Gotamī started on the path of the Dhamma during the time of Padumuttara Buddha, when she was born to a wealthy family in Hamsavati.She witnessed Padumuttara Buddha place his aunt, a bhikkhuni, in a senior position, and aspired to achieve the same position after providing offerings to the Buddha and his followers for seven days.
King Śuddhodana's earliest predecessor was King Maha Sammatha (or the first king of the Kalpa). Śuddhodana's father was Sihahanu and his mother was Kaccanā. Śuddhodana's chief consort was Maha Maya, with whom he had Siddhartha Gautama (who later became known as Shakyamuni, the "Sage of the Shakyas", or the Buddha). Maya died shortly after ...
Khandahala, a Brahmin, was the family priest. The King had a high opinion of his wisdom and made him a judge. But he took bribes and dispossessed the real owners and put the wrong owners in possession. The Prince was the Brahmin's natural foe. One day, the King saw the beautiful heaven in his dream. He asked Khandahala the way to this heaven.
Maya is one of three causes of failure to reach right belief. The other two are Mithyatva (false belief) [91] and Nidana (hankering after fame and worldly pleasures). [92] Maya is a closely related concept to Mithyatva, with Maya a source of wrong information while Mithyatva an individual's attitude to knowledge, with relational overlap.
Birth of the Buddha from a Nalanda manuscript, 8th to 12th-century. The first of the Four and the Eight Great Events, and one of the most common scenes, although not appearing in the very early Indian stupas. [25] Queen Maya, mother of the Buddha, was returning to her parents' home to