The youngest of the children of Pandu, the Sákiyan. She was so beautiful that seven kings begged to be allowed to marry her. Her father, unable to decide between her suitors, put her in a boat with thirty two companions and launched the boat upon the Ganges. The boat arrived in the course of the following day at Gonagámaka in Ceylon, where the women landed, dressed as nuns. In due course they came to Upatissagáma, where the king, Panduvásudeva, warned by soothsayers, awaited their arrival and married Bhaddakaccáná.
Later, six of her brothers came to Ceylon and settled in different parts; the brothers were Ráma, Uruvela, Anurádha, Vijita, Dígháyu and Rohana. The seventh brother, Gámani, stayed at home.
Bhaddakaccáná had ten children, the eldest being Abhaya and the youngest Ummádacittá. Mhv.viii.18ff.; ix. 1, 9 f.; Dpv.x.1ff.