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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.


Dictionary of PÄli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera

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