Phusatī
Daughter of the Madda king and chief queen of the Sivi king Sañjaya and mother of Vessantara.
She had been SudhammÄ, daughter of KikÄ«, and was born in TÄvatiṃsa because of an offering of sandalwood made by her to VipassÄ« Buddha. When she left TÄvatimsa, 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, and
- to save the condemned.
She was called PhusatÄ« because on the day of her birth her body smelt of sandalwood. She was a previous birth of MahÄmÄyÄ. J.iv.480 ff., 593; Cyp.i.9.
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