Mahapajapati Gotami

Prajapati Gautami
Prajapati Gautami
	Prince Siddhartha with Mahaprajapati Gautami
Personal
Born	Prajāpatī; Devdaha
Religion	Buddhism
Spouse	King Śuddhodana
Children	Sundari Nanda (daughter); Nanda (son);
Parents	Añjana (father); Yashodhara (mother);
Occupation	Bhikkhuni
Relatives	Suppabuddha (brother); Yashodhara (daughter in law); Maya Devi (sister)
Senior posting
Teacher	Gautama Buddha

Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī (Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī) or Pajapati was the foster-mother, step-mother and maternal aunt (mother's sister) of the Buddha. In Buddhist tradition, she was the first woman to seek ordination for women, which she did from Gautama Buddha directly, and she became the first bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun).^[1]^[2]

^ "A New Possibility". Congress-on-buddhist-women.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
^ "The Life of the Buddha: (Part Two) The Order of Nuns". Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2010-11-07.

[1] "A New Possibility". Congress-on-buddhist-women.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2010-11-19.

[buddhanet-2] "The Life of the Buddha: (Part Two) The Order of Nuns". Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2010-11-07.

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