Vedisadevī
Wife of Asoka.
She was the daughter of Deva, a millionaire of Vedisagiri, and her children were Mahinda and Saá¹…ghamittÄ. MT. 324.
She had eight brothers — Bodhigutta, Sumitta, Candagutta, Devagutta, Dhammagutta, Suriyagutta, Gotama and Jutindhara — who escorted the Bodhi-tree to Sri Lanka and were known as the Bodhi-dhÄra princes. Mbv.165f.
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