Part 4: Description of queen Siddhārthā (Abhinandana’s mother)

He had a wife, an ornament of the harem, named Siddhārthā, born in a pure family, virtuous. With a gait slow from coquetry and a very sweet voice, she looked like a rājahaṃsī with a beautiful form. Her beautiful eyes and mouth, hands and feet gleamed like a lotus-bed in a river of merit and beauty. She looked as if the inside of her lotus-eyes were made of sapphire, as if her teeth were made of pearls, as if her lips were made of coral, as if her nails were made of rubies, as if her limbs were made of gold, and her body of jewels. She was the chief of good wives, like Vinītā of cities, like Rohiṇī of the vidyās,^[1] like Mandākinī of the rivers. She did not become angry with her husband, even affectionately, since well-born women are fearful of transgression against marriage-vows as if they were religious vows. The King’s affection for her, suitable for himself, very dear, was free from deceit, resembling indigo-dye. Husband and wife, unfettered by all the sources of pride,^[2] enjoyed various pleasures of the senses without injury to dharma.