Vedisadevī untranslated

Vedisadevī. Wife of Asoka. She was the daughter of Deva, a seṭṭhi of Vedisagiri, and her children were Mahinda and Saṅghamittā. Mhv­ṭ. 324. She had eight brothers – Bodhigutta, Sumitta, Candagutta, Devagutta, Dhammagutta, Suriyagutta, Gotama and Jutindhara – who escorted the Bodhi-tree to Ceylon and were known as the Bodhidhāra princes. Mbv.165f.