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According to Buddhist tradition, Queen Māyā of Sakya was the birth mother of Gautama Buddha, Siddhārtha of the Gautama gotra, and the sister of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, the first Buddhist nun ordained by the Buddha. Māyā means "illusion" or "enchantment" in Sanskrit and Pāli. Māyā is also called Mahāmāyā and Māyādevī. In Tibetan she is called Gyutrulma and in Japanese is known as...  MORE

According to Buddhist tradition, Queen Māyā of Sakya was the birth mother of Gautama Buddha, Siddhārtha of the Gautama gotra, and the sister of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, the first Buddhist nun ordained by the Buddha. Māyā means "illusion" or "enchantment" in Sanskrit and Pāli. Māyā is also called Mahāmāyā and Māyādevī. In Tibetan she is called Gyutrulma and in Japanese is known as Maya-fujin. The Buddhist tradition is that Maya died seven days after the birth of Buddha, and came to life again in Heaven, fitting the pattern of the mothers of the other Buddhas who usually also die seven days after the birth of their sons. Thus Maya did not raise her son who was instead raised by his maternal aunt Mahapajapati Gotami. Maya would, however, on occasion descend from Heaven to give advice to her son. LESS