Amitā2
Person시하하누의 딸이자 숫도다나의 여동생으로, 사캬족 숩파붓다와 결혼하여 밧다카차나와 데바닷타의 어머니가 되었으며, 부처님의 고모이다.
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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