Family
Suddhodana’s father was King Sihahanu. Śuddhodana won a battle against his father, thus gaining permission to marry the two sisters of his cousin Suppabuddha.
Suppabuddha in turn married Śuddhodana’s two sisters.
Mother of Śuddhodana was Queen Kaccanā.
Śuddhodana’s son Siddhartha married his cousin Yasodharā, daughter of Suppabuddha and his father’s sister.
Śuddhodana’s consorts Maya and Mahapajapati Gotami were Buddha’s mother and stepmother.
Other children of Śuddhodana were Princess Sundari Nanda and Prince Nanda.
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