Queen Maya

Queen Maya ("Maya" meaning illusion in Sanskrit, also called Mahamaya, meaning Great Maya, or Mayadevi, the Goddess Maya. Tibetan: Gyutrulma) was the mother of the historical Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, to whom she gave birth in the 6th century BCE.

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Maya was the wife of king Suddhodana, the ruler of the Shakya clan of Kshatriya warriors. She was the daughter of King Suddhodhana's uncle, who was also a king of a neighboring subdivision of the same Shakya clan.

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►	Introduction
►	The birth of the Buddha-to-be
►	Religious parallels
►	Greco-Roman mythological parallels
►	See also
►	External Links

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6th century BCE (1) - Shakya (1) - Kshatriya (1) - Tibetan (1) - Buddha (1) - Siddhartha Gautama (1) -

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