Kisa Gotami

Kṛśā Gautamī (Sanskrit: कृशा गौतमी; Pali: Kisā Gotamī) was the wife of a wealthy man of Shravasti.

The Buddha told her that he could bring the child back to life if she could find white mustard seeds from a family where no one had died.

[1] The following Dhammapada verse[2] (in Pali and English) is associated with her story: Yo ca vassasatam jeeve apassam amatam padam Ekaaham jeevitam seyyo passato amatam padam Though one should live a hundred years without seeing the Deathless State, yet better indeed, is a single day's life of one who sees the Deathless State.

A literary tradition has evolved round the story of Kisa Gotami, much of it in oral form and in local plays in much of Asia.

[4] A similar story is told about the Greek philosopher Demonax, who promised a person he can summon his deceased son's shadow if provided with three names of people who never had to mourn in their lives.