Yasodhara
Princess Yasodharā was the wife of Prince Siddhartha , who became known as the Buddha and the founder of Buddhism .
Life
She was the daughter of Prince Suppabuddha and his wife Pamita from the Shakya tribe. At the age of 16 she was married to her cousin, Shakya Prince Siddhartha, who was the same age. At the age of 29, Yasodharā gave birth to their son Rāhula , whom they raised as the new heir to the throne in the palace of Prince Suddhodana after Siddhartha had left his wife and his father's palace to live as a wandering basket.
Many years later, when Siddhartha became a Buddha, she joined the order of Buddha as a nun together with her mother-in-law Mahapajapati Gotami , Siddhartha's foster mother, and eventually became an arhat .
Legends
There are many legends about the figure of Yasodhara. One of them is an encounter in a previous life in the age of Buddha Dipamkara , in which she met the ascetic Sumedha as a distinguished woman by the name of Sumitra and spontaneously vowed to be a supportive consort for all future rebirths until he would attain Buddhahood . In the Candakinnara Jataka she caught an arrow with her body that threatened to hit the Bodhisattva , who would one day become the Buddha Shakyamuni.
literature
- Ranjini Obeyesekere: Yasodhara, the Wife of the Bodhisattva . 2009, ISBN 978-1-4384-2827-7
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhism/lifebuddha/6lbud.htm
- ↑ http://www.indianetzone.com/21/yasodhara_wife_buddha.htm
- ↑ Sumedha and Sumitra
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yasodhara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yasodharā; Yashodhara, Gopa; Yasodhara Theri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wife of Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr. |