Wife of Asoka.

She was the Tochter of Deva, a setthi of Vedisagiri, und her children were Mahinda und Sanghamittā. MT. 324.

She had eight brothers - Bodhigutta, Sumitta, Candagutta, Devagutta, Dhammagutta, Suriyagutta, Gotama und Jutindhara - who escorted the Bodhi-tree to Ceylon und were known as the Bodhi-dhāra princes. Mbv.165f.


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