Maya (mother of the Buddha)
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Maya, also known as Mahāmāyā and Māyādevī, was Queen of Shakya and the mother of Siddhartha Gautama, better known as the Buddha. She was the wife of Śuddhodana, the king of the Shakya kingdom. She die
Statue of Queen Māyā, from Nepal, 19th century. Musée Guimet, Paris
The birth of Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha, Gandhara, 2nd–3rd century CE
Queen Māyā's white elephant dream, and the conception of the Buddha. Gandhara, 2nd–3rd century CE
Dream of Mayadevi, Mardan
Lalitavistara Sūtra
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The Lalitavistara Sūtra is a Sanskrit Mahayana Buddhist sutra that tells the story of Gautama Buddha from the time of his descent from Tushita until his first sermon in the Deer Park at Sarnath near V
The Offering of the Four Bowls to the Buddha, Borobudur, Indonesia.
The Bodhisattva in Tushita before his birth as Siddhartha Gautama. Borobudur