# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maya
# Generated: 2026-09-02T04:47:21.015Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/maya"
name: "Maya"
slug: "maya"
description: "Queen of the Shakya kingdom, she died seven days after giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama — the child who became the Buddha. Her sister raised him; Maya, reborn in a Buddhist heaven, descended on occasion to advise her son."
tagline: "Queen; mother of the Buddha"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maya_Nepal_Musee_Guimet_23092007_1.jpg"
gender: "female"
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birthDate: "-600"
deathDate: "-600"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.4139590854392299
  historical:           21.77821066666667
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "महामाया"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Maya was the wife of Śuddhodana, king of Shakya, and mother to the boy who would become the Buddha. On a traditional journey to her family home in Devadaha, her labor began early in the gardens of Lumbini, where she gave birth. She died days afterward — generally said to be seven. Buddhist tradition holds that she was reborn in a Buddhist heaven, a pattern said to follow the births of all Buddhas. Her sister, Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, raised Siddhartha in her place and later became the first Buddhist nun ordained by the Buddha. Maya would descend from heaven from time to time to counsel her son.