Amitā2
Personसीहहनु की पुत्री और सुद्धोदन की बहन, जिसने शाक्य सुप्पबुद्ध से विवाह किया और भद्दकच्चाना तथा देवदत्त की माता बनी, और इस प्रकार बुद्ध की बुआ थी।
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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