Maya
(dates unknown)
BIRTH
UNKNOWN
PLACE
Unknown
DEATH
UNKNOWN
PLACE
Unknown
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Suddhodana
(dates unknown)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Maya, also called Queen Maya or Mahamaya in Buddhist tradition, is named as Siddhartha Gautama’s mother and Suddhodana’s consort. Narratives about the Buddha’s birth are religious tradition; independent biographical dates for Maya are unavailable.
EARLY LIFE
The surviving accounts of Maya’s life are primarily Buddhist birth narratives. They do not establish a reliable birth date or detailed childhood history.
CAREER
DEATH
Early Buddhist narratives say Maya died about a week after Siddhartha Gautama's birth. The historical date and medical cause are unknown, and the account is a religious tradition rather than an independently verified event.
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