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Yaśodharā

600 BC - Today

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Yaśodharā or Yashodhara, originally known as Bhaddakaccānā (Pāli) or Bhadrakātyāyani (Sanskrit), was the wife of Prince Siddhartha prior to his renunciation to become a śramaṇa (ascetic). She was the mother of Rāhula, and the niece of Mahaprajapati Gautami. Later, she became a Bhikkhunī and is considered an arahatā. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yaśodharā is the 670th most popular politician (up from 886th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Nepal (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Nepalese Politician.

Yaśodharā is most famous for being the wife of King Suddhodana, the father of Siddhartha Gautama. She was the mother of Rahula and Rāhula's twin sister, Pajāpatī.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yaśodharā ranks 670 out of 19,576. Before her are Constantius Chlorus, Abdulmejid II, Norodom Sihanouk, Albert Lutuli, Narmer, and Rehoboam. After her are Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Archduchess Sophie of Austria, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, John Hunyadi, Manuel I of Portugal, and Constantius II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Yaśodharā ranks 9. Before her are Tomyris, Esther, Peisistratos, Lucretia, Servius Tullius, and Ānanda. After her are Maya, Belshazzar, Mardonius, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Cambyses I, and Pheidippides.

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  • Photo of Tomyris

    Tomyris

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 81.59

    Rank: 3

  • Photo of Esther

    Esther

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 500 BC

    HPI: 81.25

    Rank: 4

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    Peisistratos

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 527 BC

    HPI: 80.22

    Rank: 5

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    Lucretia

    NOBLEMAN

    600 BC - 509 BC

    HPI: 79.96

    Rank: 6

  • Photo of Servius Tullius

    Servius Tullius

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 535 BC

    HPI: 78.78

    Rank: 7

  • Photo of Ānanda

    Ānanda

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 500 BC

    HPI: 78.77

    Rank: 8

  • Photo of Yaśodharā

    Yaśodharā

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - Present

    HPI: 77.75

    Rank: 9

  • Photo of Maya

    Maya

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 77.09

    Rank: 10

  • Photo of Belshazzar

    Belshazzar

    RELIGIOUS FIGURE

    600 BC - 600 BC

    HPI: 75.54

    Rank: 11

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    Mardonius

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    600 BC - 479 BC

    HPI: 75.10

    Rank: 12

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    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 500 BC

    HPI: 74.23

    Rank: 13

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    Cambyses I

    POLITICIAN

    600 BC - 559 BC

    HPI: 73.84

    Rank: 14

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    Pheidippides

    SOCIAL ACTIVIST

    600 BC - 490 BC

    HPI: 73.68

    Rank: 15

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In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Yaśodharā ranks 2 out of 59. Before her are Gautama Buddha (-566). After her are Maya (-600), Tenzing Norgay (1914), Mahapajapati Gotami (-600), Bidhya Devi Bhandari (1961), KP Sharma Oli (1952), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Rāhula (-534), Śuddhodana (-590), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939), and Ram Chandra Poudel (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Nepal

Among politicians born in Nepal, Yaśodharā ranks 1. After her are Bidhya Devi Bhandari (1961), KP Sharma Oli (1952), Pushpa Kamal Dahal (1954), Śuddhodana (-590), Ram Chandra Poudel (1944), Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), Queen Aishwarya of Nepal (1949), Jung Bahadur Rana (1817), and Ram Baran Yadav (1948).

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