# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ksema
# Generated: 2026-09-02T15:49:08.959Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ksema"
name: "Kṣemā"
slug: "ksema"
description: "Khema was a Buddhist bhikkhuni, or nun, who was one of the top female disciples of the Buddha. She is considered the first of the Buddha's two chief female disciples, along with Uppalavanna. Khema was born into the royal family of the ancient Kingdom of Madra, and was the wife of King Bimbisara of the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadha. Khema was convinced to visit the Buddha by her husband, who hired poets to sing about the beauty of the monastery he was staying at to her. She attained enlightenment as a laywoman while listening to one of the Buddha's sermons, considered a rare feat in Buddhist texts. Following her attainment, Khema entered the monastic life under the Buddha as a bhikkhuni. According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha declared her his female disciple foremost in wisdom. Her male counterpart was Sariputta."
tagline: "Disciple of Gautama Buddha"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-550"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           48.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.16911733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AE%96%E6%91%A9"
    title: "讖摩"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE"
    title: "খেমা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Кхема"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khema"
    title: "Khema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khema"
    title: "Khema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "ख़ेमा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh%C3%A9ma"
    title: "Khéma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khem%C4%81"
    title: "Khemā"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khem%C4%81"
    title: "Khemā"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B7%AE%E6%91%A9"
    title: "差摩"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "खेमा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%81%E1%80%B1%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC%E1%80%91%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AE"
    title: "ခေမာထေရီ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khema"
    title: "Khema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://rki.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%81%E1%80%B1%E1%80%99%E1%80%AC%E1%80%91%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9B%E1%80%AE"
    title: "ခေမာထေရီ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Кхема"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9B%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F_%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA"
    title: "ඛේමා රහත් තෙරණිය"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "கேமா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5"
    title: "พระเขมาเถรี"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khema"
    title: "Khema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2627201"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump