Amitā2
PersonEine Tochter von Sīhahanu und Schwester von Suddhodana, die den Sakya Suppabuddha heiratete und die Mutter von Bhaddakaccānā und Devadatta wurde, somit eine Tante des Buddha väterlicherseits.
One of the two daughters of Sīhahaṇu (the other being Pamitā) and therefore a sister of Suddhodana, the Buddha’s father.
She married Suppabuddha the Sakyan and had two children, Bhaddakaccānā (Rāhulamātā) and Devadatta.
She was a grand-daughter of Devadaha-Sakka (Mhv.ii.16-22; see Rockhill, p.13, where her son is called Kalyāṇavardhana).
She is the paternal aunt of the Buddha, referred to as being the mother of Tissa Thera (v.l. Amatā). ThagA.i.105; MA.i.289.
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