Persons associated with Sakiyamuni Buddha



The table below shows the pāli and sanskrit names of various members of Sakiyamuni Buddha's family, members of the Buddhist Sangha, benefactors, lay buddhists and selected Arhants commonly found in the Buddhist Suttas.




Family:

Siddhattha Gotama's parents.
Siddhārtha Gautama's parents.
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Pāli
Sanskrit		father
Suddhodana Gotama
Śuddhodana Gautama 		mother
Mahāmāyā Gotamī
Mahāmāyā Gautamī		aunt/stepmother
Mahāprājāpatī Gotamī
Mahāprājāpatī Gautamī


Siddhattha Gotama's family.
Siddhārtha Gautama's family.
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Pāli
Sanskrit		 wife
Yasodharā Gotama
Yasodharā Gautama 		son
Rāhula Gotama
Rāhula Gautama


Siddhattha Gotama's paternal relatives.
Amitodana
paternal uncle		 Anuruddha
cousin, son of Amitodana		 Ānanda
cousin, son of Amitodana		 Rohinī
cousin, daughter of Amitodana


Siddhattha Gotama's maternal relatives.
Suppabhudda
maternal uncle		 Devadatta
cousin, son of Suppabuddha		 Mahāprājāpatī
maternal aunt 		Nanda
half brother, son of Mahāprājāpatī		(Sundarī)nandā
half sister, daughter of Mahāprājāpatī


more..
The Buddha's Family Tree

Sangha etc.

Sakiyamuni Buddha's first lay disciples. (upāsaka)
Pāli
Sanskrit		 Tapussa
Tapuṣya		Bhallika
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First monks ordained by Sakiyamuni Buddha at Isipatana/Ṛṣipatana near Sarnath.
Pāli
Sanskrit		 Kondañña
Kauṇḍinya		Vāppa
Bāṣpa		Bhaddiya
Bhadriya		Mahānāma
Mahānāma		Assaji
Aśvajit


First laypeople who took refuge at Isipatana/Ṛṣipatana near Sarnath.
YasaVimalaSubāhuPunnajiGavampati


First members of the Sakiya court who were ordained in approx. 527 BCE.
ĀnandaAnuruddhaBhagaBhaddiyaKimibilaDevadattaŪpāli


Buddha's foremost disciples.
Pāli
Sanskrit		 Sāriputta
Śāriputra		 Mahāmoggallāna
Maudgalyāyana		 Upāli
Upāli		 Mahākassapa
Mahākāśapa		 Ānanda Pūrna Subhuti Kahyāyana Anuruddha Rāhula


The sixteen Arhants (Theravāda).
Gopaka Panthaka Abheda Bhadra Vajrīputra Nāgasena Angaja Kanaka-Bhāradvāja
Kālika Vanavāsa Kanakavasta Ajita Nakula Cūdapanthaka Rahulā Pindola-Bhāradvāda


The eighteen Lohans (chinese Mahāyana).
Gopaka Panthaka Abheda Bhadra Vajrīputra Nāgasena Angaja Kanaka-Bhāradvāja Dharmatala
Kālika Vanavāsa Kanakavasta Ajita Nakula Cūdapanthaka Rahulā Pindola-Bhāradvāda Hvāshang


Benefactors of the Buddha and the buddhist Sangha.
profession
Pāli
Sanskrit

gift
in		 King
Bimbisāra
Bimbisāra

Veluvana
Rājagaha		 Physician
Jīvaka
Jīvaka

Jīvakambavana
Rājagaha		 Merchant
Anāthapiṇḍika
Anāthapiṇḍada

Jetavana
Sāvatthi		 Upasaki
Visākhā
Viśākhā

Pubbārāma
Sāvatthi		 King
Pasenadi
Pasenajit

Rājakārāma
Sāvatthi		 Merchant
Ghosita
Ghoṣita

Ghositārāma
Kosambī		 Merchant
Kukkuta
-

Kukkutārāma
Kosambī		 Merchant
Pārārikā
-

Pārārikā
Kosambī		 -
Bandarikā
-

Bandarikārāma
near Kosambī		 Consort
Ambapālī
Āmrapālī

Ambapālivana
Vesāli


Sakiyamuni Buddha's attendants (Upatthāka).
Samanera
Rādha		 Samanera
Sundakkhata		 Samanera
Meghiya		 Samanera
Sāgata		 Samanera
Cunda		 Samanera
Nāgita		 Samanera
Upavāna		 Samanera
Nāgasamāla		 Bikkhu
Ānanda


Those present at the Buddha's Mahāparinirvana (ca. 483 BCE).
AnuruddhaĀnandaCundakaUpavāna


Kingdoms/Republics in central India contemporaneous with Sakiyamuni Buddha.





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