Phusatī

Phusatī

Daughter of the Madda König und chief queen of the Sivi König Sañjaya und Mutter of Vessantara.

She had been Sudhammā, Tochter of Kikī, und was born in Tāvatimsa because of an offering of sandal wood made by her to Vipassī Buddha. When she left Tāvatimsa, Sakka gave her ten boons:

to be chief queen,
to have dark eyes,
dark eyebrows,
to be named Phusatī,
to have a son,
to keep a slim figure,
to have firm breasts,
hair always dark,
to have soft skin, und
to save the condemned.

She was called Phusatī because on the day of her birth her body smelt of sandal wood. She was a previous birth of Mahāmāyā. J.iv.480 ff., 593; Cyp.i.9.