It is said that Sakyamuni was born in the Tusita heaven and descended as a white elephant into the womb of Queen Maya, wife of King Sudhodhana. After ten months he was born from her side and was named Gautama Siddhartha.
傳說釋迦牟尼從天女奏樂的空中，化為白象，投胎在淨飯王后摩耶夫人身上，經過十個月竟從摩耶夫人的肋下出生，俗名曇雲．悉達多。