Sujā

Sujā, asura-daughter of Vemacitrin (Vepacitti) and chief consort of Śakra; her name is preserved in the Sakka epithet Sujampati. Named in both the buddhist_sakra entry (married to Sujā, daughter of the asura lord Vemacitrin) and the buddhist_vemacitrin entry (father-in-law of Sakka through his daughter Sujā). Classed demigod as the asura-born consort raised to the deva-heaven.

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

• father: VemacitrinDaughter of the asura-lord Vemacitrin/Vepacitti; through her his enmity with Sakka becomes a father-in-law / son-in-law bond. Reciprocal father-of edge to be added to buddhist_vemacitrin.Saṃyutta Nikāya, Sakka-saṃyutta (SN 11), Vepacitti as Sujā's father (primary)

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Commentarial asura birth: Vepacitti (mother unnamed)

  Divine ancestry; fraction unquantified because the account is incomplete.

  • father: VemacitrinG. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Sujā, DhA i.269–279 and DA iii.716–717 (secondary)
  G. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Sujā, DhA i.269–279 and DA iii.716–717 (secondary)

Variant accounts

• Separate birthsCommentarial narrative: Magha’s wife is reborn as a crane, a potter’s daughter, then Vepacitti’s daughter. Those parents belong to their respective births.G. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Sujā, DhA i.269–279 and DA iii.716–717 (secondary)

Powers

• Attend the deva-king on all his journeys

Epithets

• सुजा sanskrit · Sujā · sutraAsura-daughter and consort of Sakka; her name yields Sakka's title SujampatiMalalasekera, DPPN, s.v. 'Sujā' (secondary)

Relations

• spouse: ŚakraChief consort of Śakra (Sakka); Sakka bears the matronymic Sujampati, meaning lord of Sujā. Reciprocal spouse edge to be added to buddhist_sakra.Malalasekera, DPPN, s.v. 'Sakka' and 'Sujā' (secondary); G. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Sujā, DhA i.269–279 and DA iii.716–717 (secondary)
• father: VemacitrinDaughter of the asura-lord Vemacitrin/Vepacitti; through her his enmity with Sakka becomes a father-in-law / son-in-law bond. Reciprocal father-of edge to be added to buddhist_vemacitrin.Saṃyutta Nikāya, Sakka-saṃyutta (SN 11), Vepacitti as Sujā's father (primary)

Sources

• existence: Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. 'Sujā' (secondary); Kulāvaka Jātaka (No.31) (secondary)
• consort-of-Sakka-and-daughter-of-Vepacitti: Saṃyutta Nikāya, Sakka-saṃyutta (SN 11) (primary)