[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.c6.3493 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3493 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3493 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.3493](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3493) Asoka had several wives. His first wife was the daughter of a merchant of \*\*Vedisagiri\*\*, whom he met when stopping at the merchant’s house on his way to \*\*Ujjeni\*\*.¹⁰ Her name was \*\*Devī\*\*, also called \*\*Vedisa-Mahādevī\*\*, and she was a Sākyan, descended from a Sākyan family who migrated to Vedisa to escape from \*\*Viḍūḍabha\*\*.¹¹ Of Devī were born a son \*\*Mahinda\*\*, and a daughter \*\*Saṅghamittā\*\*, who became the wife of \*\*Aggibrahmā\*\* and mother of \*\*Sumana\*\*. Devī evidently did not follow Asoka to Pāṭaliputta, for his \*aggamahesī\* there was \*\*Asandhamittā\*\*.¹² Asandhamittā died in the thirtieth year of Asoka’s reign, and four years later he raised \*\*Tissa-rakkhā\*\* to the rank of queen.¹³ - [Previous: v1.c6.3492](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3492) - [Next: v1.c6.3494](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3494) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3493](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.3493) · Pramāṇa