Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī

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Buddhist nun bhikkhunī disciple of Gautama Buddha founder of religious order historical figure

Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī was the Buddha’s foster mother and the first woman to be ordained as a Buddhist nun, traditionally regarded as the founder of the bhikkhunī (female monastic) order.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī canonical 6
Mahapajapati Gotami 1
Mahāpajāpatī 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist nun ⓘ
bhikkhunī ⓘ
disciple of Gautama Buddha ⓘ
founder of religious order ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
surface form: Mahāpajāpatī Gautamī

Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
surface form: Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī
associatedPlace Kapilavastu ⓘ
surface form: Kapilavatthu
associatedPractice renunciation ⓘ
associatedWith Shakya clan ⓘ
surface form: Śākya clan
commemoratedOn various Buddhist observance days honoring nuns ⓘ
ethnicity Śākya ⓘ
familyRelation aunt of Gautama Buddha ⓘ
foster mother of Gautama Buddha ⓘ
stepmother of Gautama Buddha ⓘ
fosterMotherOf Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha
founderOf bhikkhunī order ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasStoryType hagiography ⓘ
influenced development of the Buddhist nuns’ order ⓘ
knownFor being the first woman ordained as a Buddhist nun ⓘ
raising Siddhattha Gotama after the death of his birth mother ⓘ
requesting the establishment of the bhikkhunī saṅgha ⓘ
languageOfName Pāli ⓘ
motherOf Nanda ⓘ
Rāhula’s mother (Yasodharā) is sometimes described as her daughter-in-law ⓘ
ordinationStatus fully ordained bhikkhunī ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
requestedOrdinationFrom Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha
role first bhikkhunī ⓘ
leader of early Buddhist nuns ⓘ
roleInCanon exemplar of female spiritual attainment ⓘ
scripturalSource Cullavagga of the Vinaya Piṭaka ⓘ
Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form: Pāli Canon

Therīgāthā ⓘ
spouse Śuddhodana ⓘ
surface form: King Suddhodana
stepMotherOf Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha
supportedByInOrdinationRequest Ānanda ⓘ
teacher Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha
title Gotamī ⓘ
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mahāpajāpatī
tradition early Buddhism ⓘ
veneratedIn Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism

Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravāda Buddhism

Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form: Vajrayana Buddhism
youngerSisterOf Māyādevī ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shakyamuni Buddha → auntAndFosterMother → Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
Shakyamuni Buddha → disciples → Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
Shakya → associatedWithPerson → Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
Shakya republic → notableResident → Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
Śuddhodana → spouse → Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahapajapati Gotami
Māyādevī → relative → Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī → title → Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahāpajāpatī
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī → alsoKnownAs → Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī → alsoKnownAs → Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mahāpajāpatī Gautamī
Queen Maya Devi → relatedTo → Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ