Buddhism UPSC CSE Notes
Personal life of Gautama Buddha Real name – Siddhartha Kshatriya prince belonging to the ruling Sakya clan of Kapilavatsu in Nepal This clan belongs to Koshala mahajanapada with Shravasti as capital Parents - Suddhodana, Maya devi (Mahamaya) Buddha’s mother dreamt of a white elephant with six tusks entering her womb when she was pregnant born in 567 BC (BCE) in Lumbini Garden, near Kapilavastu in Nepal – younger than Mahavira Born on Vaisakha Purnima Vaisakha is a month of the Hindu calendar that corresponds to April/May in the Gregorian Calendar. Vaisakha is the second month of the year (After Chithirai). When Siddhartha was only seven days old his mother died. So, he was raised by his step mother Gautami married at the age of sixteen to a princess called Yashodhara. He had a son named Rahula At the age of 29, Siddhartha saw Four Great Sights while riding on with his charioteer Channa An uncared old man in rags with his bent back. A sick man suffering from an incurable disease. A man’s corpse bein…
