Mahapajapati Gotami

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The stepmother and maternal aunt of Gautama Buddha.

Word forms

Mahapajapati Gotami

Etymology

Transliteration of Pali Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, from Sanskrit महाप्रजापती गौतमी (mahāprajāpatī gautamī).

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