Yaśodharā

E279889

Buddhist figure historical figure woman

Yaśodharā is traditionally regarded as the wife of Prince Siddhartha Gautama (who became the Buddha) and the mother of his son Rāhula in Buddhist narratives.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Yaśodharā canonical	2
Yasoda	1
Yasodharā	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2563160 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yaśodharā
Context triple: [Shakyamuni Buddha, spouse, Yaśodharā]

A. Rukmini
Rukmini is a principal queen of the Hindu god Krishna, revered as an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi and celebrated for her devotion and role in Krishna’s life.
B. Yashoda
Yashoda is the loving foster mother of the Hindu deity Krishna, revered for her deep maternal devotion and prominent role in his childhood stories.
C. Yashoda
Yashoda was the wife of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, and is traditionally regarded as his consort before he renounced worldly life.
D. Chitrangada
Chitrangada is a warrior princess from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as one of Arjuna’s wives and the daughter of the king of Manipur.
E. Devaki
Devaki is a revered figure in Hindu mythology best known as the mother of Lord Krishna.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Yaśodharā
Target entity description: Yaśodharā is traditionally regarded as the wife of Prince Siddhartha Gautama (who became the Buddha) and the mother of his son Rāhula in Buddhist narratives.

A. Rukmini
Rukmini is a principal queen of the Hindu god Krishna, revered as an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi and celebrated for her devotion and role in Krishna’s life.
B. Yashoda
Yashoda is the loving foster mother of the Hindu deity Krishna, revered for her deep maternal devotion and prominent role in his childhood stories.
C. Yashoda
Yashoda was the wife of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, and is traditionally regarded as his consort before he renounced worldly life.
D. Chitrangada
Chitrangada is a warrior princess from the Indian epic Mahabharata, known as one of Arjuna’s wives and the daughter of the king of Manipur.
E. Devaki
Devaki is a revered figure in Hindu mythology best known as the mother of Lord Krishna.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist figure ⓘ historical figure ⓘ woman ⓘ
appearsIn	Buddhist Jātaka stories ⓘ linked to: Jataka tales Pāli commentarial literature ⓘ
associatedWith	Kapilavastu ⓘ Śākya clan ⓘ linked to: Shakya clan
culturalContext	ancient Indian Buddhism ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
knownFor	devotion to Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ patience and fidelity ⓘ renunciation in Buddhist narratives ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	Pāli ⓘ linked to: Pali Sanskrit ⓘ
maritalStatusBeforeRenunciation	married to Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ
motherOf	Rāhula ⓘ
notableIn	Buddhist tradition ⓘ Mahāyāna Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Mahayana Theravāda Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Theravada
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
roleInNarrative	mother of Rāhula ⓘ wife of Prince Siddhartha ⓘ
spouseBecame	Buddha ⓘ linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha
spouseOf	Gautama Buddha ⓘ linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha Siddhartha Gautama ⓘ linked to: Shakyamuni Buddha
timePeriod	6th–5th century BCE (traditional) ⓘ
veneratedIn	Burmese Buddhism ⓘ Sri Lankan Buddhism ⓘ linked to: Buddhism in Sri Lanka Thai Buddhism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shakyamuni Buddha → spouse → Yaśodharā ⓘ

Shakyamuni Buddha → disciples → Yaśodharā ⓘ

Yashoda → nameVariant → Yasoda ⓘ

linked to: Yaśodharā

Rāhula → childOf → Yasodharā ⓘ