Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names by G P Malalasekera
Vedisadevī
Vedisadevī:Wife of Asoka.
She was the daughter of Deva,a setthi of Vedisagiri,and her children were Mahinda andSanghamittā.MT.324.
She had eight brothers - Bodhigutta,Sumitta,Candagutta,Devagutta,Dhammagutta,Suriyagutta,Gotama and Jutindhara - who escorted the Bodhi-tree to Ceylon and were known as the Bodhi-dhāra princes.Mbv.165f.