[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c14.898 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.898 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.898 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.898](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.898) He was a Sākiyan,² son of Suddhodana,³ chief ruler of Kapilavatthu, and of Mahā Māyā, Suddhodana’s chief consort, and he belonged to the Gotama-gotta. Before his conception he was in the Tusita heaven, waiting for the due time for his birth in his last existence. Then, having made the “five investigations” (pañcavilokanāni),⁴ he took leave of his companions and descended to earth.⁵ Many wondrous and marvellous events attended his conception and birth.⁶ The conception takes place on the full-moon day of Āsāḷha, with the moon in Uttarāsāḷha, and Māyā has no relations with her husband. She has a marvellous dream in which the Bodhisatta, as a white elephant, enters her womb through her side. When the dream is mentioned to the brahmins, they foretell the birth of a son who will be either a universal monarch or a Buddha. - [Previous: v1.c14.897](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.897) - [Next: v1.c14.899](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.899) - [Up: v1.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.898](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.898) · Pramāṇa