Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī or simply Prajāpatī was the foster-mother, step-mother and maternal aunt of the Buddha. Therefore, based on the Therī-apadāna, Gotamī is referred to by the title "Mother of the Buddha". In Buddhist tradition, she was the first woman to seek ordination for women, which she did from Siddhartha Gautama directly, and she became the first bhikṣuṇī.
- Occupation
- Buddhist nun, philosopher
- Born
- 600 BC
- Died
- 480 BC
