Yasodhara

The wife of Siddhartha Goutama. Later became a nun.

 (See also: Yasodhara, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Yasodhara: Wife of Gautama Siddharta.

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Yasodhara (Sanskrit) [from yasas glory, splendor + dhara bearing from the verbal root dhri to bear, support]

Bearer of glory. The wife of Prince Siddhartha who became Gautama Buddha, and the mother of his son Rahula. She was the daughter of a Koliyan chief and was wedded to her cousin in his 19th year. Subba Row states that the name stands for one of three mystical powers (cf utpala-varna).

(See also: Yasodhara, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)

Buddha was born approximately 560 B.C. in Northern India. Through his life, Buddha gave the concept of Nirvana unprecedented exposure to a large portion of the Eastern world with his achievement of and subsequent teachings about the state of enlightenment. The attainment of Buddhahood or Nirvana is a central tenet of Buddhist teachings. Within the realm of Christianity, the historical Christ echoed the same teaching, though in a veiled form, by saying that the Kingdom of Heaven is within us.

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Rahula: Son of Gautama Siddharta and Yasodhara.

 (See also: Rahula, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Utpala-varna (Sanskrit) [from utpala flower of the blue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea) from ut-pal to move upwards + varna color, from the verbal root varn to color]

A woman, said in some accounts to be one of the three wives of Gautama Buddha, along with Gopa and Yasodhara. But these are names for three mystical powers which are possessed by every initiated adept.

(See also: Utpala-varna, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul)

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