Yaśodharā

Yaśodharā (P. Yasodharā; T. grags 'dzin ma གྲགས་འཛིན་མ་; C. yeshutuoluo) was the wife of Siddhartha Gautama and the mother of his son Rāhula. In the Pali tradition, she is often referred to as Rāhulamātā, "the mother of Rāhula." She later became a monastic (bhikkhunī) and attained arhathood.

Literature

• The Buddha and His Teaching, Nārada, Buddhist Missionary Society, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1988, ISBN 967-9920-44-5
• Murcott, Susan The First Buddhist Women: Translations and Commentaries on the Therigatha, ISBN 0-938077-42-2
• Life of Princess Yashodara: Wife and Disciple of the Lord Buddha Author: Devee, Sunity, ISBN 978-0-7661-5844-3 (13), ISBN 0-7661-5844-6 (10), KESSINGER PUB CO
• Yashodhara: Six Seasons Without You, by Subhash Jaireth, Wild Peony Pty Ltd, Broadway, NSW, Australia, 2003, ISBN 1-876957-05-0
• Stars at Dawn: Forgotten Stories of Women in the Buddha's Life, Author: Wendy Garling, Shambhala Publications 2016, ISBN 978-1-61180-265-8

External links

• The Life of Princess Yashodara: Wife and Disciple of the Lord Buddha
• Immediate Family of the Buddha, 4. Yaśodhara by Radhika Abeysekera
• Jacqueline Kramer, director of the Hearth Foundation (2010). "Yashodhara and Siddhartha. The Enlightenment of Buddha's Wife" (PDF). Turning Wheel - The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism. Summer: 10–13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014.