# Yasodharā

Source: https://buddhisma2z.com/yasodhara/  
Author: Bhante S. Dhammika, *Guide To Buddhism A To Z*  
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

According to tradition, [**Siddhattha Gotama**](https://buddhisma2z.com/siddhattha-gotama/)’s wife was named Yasodharā, although this is mentioned nowhere in the [**Tipiṭaka**](https://buddhisma2z.com/tipitaka/). There his wife is only ever referred to as Rāhulamātā, ‘[**Rāhula**](https://buddhisma2z.com/rahula/)’s mother’. In the earliest reference to Prince Siddhattha’s wife, she is called Bhaddakaccānā, which was probably her real name (Bv.26,15). In the commentary she is called Bimbaadevii or sometimes Bimbaasundarii (Ja.II,392; IV,478). Yasodharā is an honorific meaning ‘fame-bearer’, and probably only in later centuries was thought of as a name. Other than this, there is almost no information about Siddhattha’s wife, although many legends later grew up around her. See [**Veils and Veiling**](https://buddhisma2z.com/veils-and-veiling/).

Subjects: Personalities