Yashodha Yashodha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Yashodha is from the Sanskrit Yaśodharā (यशोधरा — bearer of glory) — variant of foundational Buddhist name Yashodhara. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit-Buddhist heritage aesthetic. Yashodhara (c. 563-483 BCE) is the foundational wife of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) + mother of foundational Rāhula + central to the foundational Buddhist + Hindu narrative of the foundational Great Renunciation (when Siddhartha left her + their newborn son to seek enlightenment). Foundational figure in Theravada + Mahayana + Vajrayana Buddhist heritage. Later became a foundational Buddhist nun + reached the foundational arhat status. Foundational subject of the foundational Buddhist Jataka tales + Sri Lankan + Nepalese + Indian Buddhist religious heritage. Foundational Sanskrit + Sinhala + Hindu feminine name.

Featured throughout Sanskrit heritage.