Who was Yashodhara in the life of Siddhartha Gautama?

Yashodhara was the wife of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. During the Buddha’s long absence following his renunciation of worldly life, Yashodhara remained faithful to him.1

When the Buddha eventually returned to his home in Kapilavastu, Yashodhara did not go out to greet him, asserting that he should come to her to acknowledge her virtue. Upon his arrival, she bowed before him and placed her head on his feet. She was the mother of their son, Rahula, whom she sent to the Buddha to ask for his patrimony, leading to the boy's ordination as a monk. Yashodhara eventually entered the order of nuns and attained the status of an arhat.1