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Zainabadi Mahal Zainabadi Mahal, d.1653, mistress of Aurangzeb. Originally named Hira Bai, she was a slave-girl in the keeping of Mir Khalil the husband of a sister of Aurangzeb’s …
Yasodhara Yasodhara, 560-480 B.C., wife of the Buddha. Originally named, Gopa, she was the wife of Prince Siddhartha (later the Buddha) of Kapilvastu, and bore him a son, Rahula. …
Yashoda Bai Yashoda Bai, d. 1811, Mahratha lady. Wife of Peshwa Madhavrao II (d. 1795) she was hardly fifteen when her husband met with an accidental death. She was …
Yamuna Bai Yamuna Bai, d. 1814, Mahratha princess. One of the three widows of Mahadji Scindhia (d. 1794) she was involved, along with the other two in the bitter …
Yakini Mahattara Yakini Mahattara, 7th cent., Jaina scholar. She defeated a Brahmin scholar, Haribhadra, in arguments, who thereupon became her disciple and accepted the Jaina faith. She was vastly …
Preeti Waddadar Preeti Waddadar, d. 1930. revolutionary. She was very closely associated with the Chittagong Armoury Raid, in April 1930. She led an attack on Pahartjli Railway Officers’ Club, …
Vishnupriya Vishnupriya, 1500 Vaishnava devotee. Daughter of a rich court priest, she was married to Chaitanya, then called Vishwambara, when his first wife died. When Chaitanya renounced his home …
Vishakha Vishakha, 560-480 B.C. Buddhist saint. Married to Punna -vaddhana, son of a rich banker of Sravasti, she gave away her enormous wealth to Buddha for the cause of …
