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01/04/2023
Yasodhara, the woman who was married to the one who became the Buddha, is not the focus of most early Buddhist texts. Sh...
01/04/2023

Yasodhara, the woman who was married to the one who became the Buddha, is not the focus of most early Buddhist texts. She is a key player during a few moments in the Buddha’s life, but otherwise, we know little about her. Indeed, Yasodhara is so marginalized in some cases that she does not even receive a name. She is known simply as Rahulamata—Rahula’s mother.
Scholar Vanessa R. Sasson spent most of her academic career exploring the various versions of Yasodhara’s narratives. Read an excerpt from her novel, Yasodhara and the Buddha, in which she offers her own telling of Yasodhara’s story, here.

Scholar Vanessa R. Sasson tells the often untold story of Yasodhara

10/12/2022

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