About the Book: Yashodhara
The story of Siddhartha, the future Gautama Buddha, leaving the palace to start
his spiritual journey and attain enlightenment has been told innumerable times
over the centuries. And yet, have we never wondered why his young wife,
Yashodhara, still recovering from the birth of their son nine days ago, sleeps
soundly as her husband, the over-protected prince departs, leaving behind his
family and wealth and kingdom? In Yashodhara, the gaps of history are imagined
with fullness and fierceness: Who was the young girl and what shaped her
worldview? When she married Siddhartha at the age of sixteen, did she know her
conjugal life