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   Mahapajapati Gotami

   Mahapajapati Gotami (in Pali; Mahaprajapati Gautami in Sanskrit) was the first woman to request ordination from the Budhha and to join the Sangha. She was both the Buddha's maternal aunt and adoptive mother, raising him after her sister, Queen Maya (Mahāmāyā), the Buddha's birth mother, died.
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   The Eight Garudhammas

   When giving the Eight Garudhammas to Mahapajapati Gotami, the Buddha said they would constitute her full ordination (Pali:upasampada): "If Mahapajapati Gotami accepts these eight vows of respect, that will be her full ordination."
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   Women in Buddhism

   The first Buddhist nun was his aunt and foster mother Mahapajapati Gotami.
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   Bhikkhuni

   According to Buddhist scriptures, the order of bhikkhunis was first created by the Buddha at the specific request of his foster-mother Mahapajapati Gotami, who became the first ordained bhikkuni, relayed via his attendant Ananda.
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   Sravasti Abbey

   It will be called Gotami House; it is named after Mahapajapati Gotami who is the first woman to request and receive ordination from Buddha Shakyamuni.
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   International Congress on Buddhist Women's Role in the Sangha

   Buddha: "If Mahapajapati Gotami accepts these eight vows of respect, that will be her full ordination.".
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   Nanda (Buddhist)

   He shared the same father as the Buddha, King Śuddhodana and his mother, Mahapajapati Gotami, was the Buddha's mother's younger sister.
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   Rohini (Buddha's disciple)

   She declined to enter the order of nuns with MahaPajapati Gotami.
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   Maya (mother of Buddha)

   Mahapajapati Gotami
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    Vaishali (ancient city)

    It was during a stay in Vesáli, whither he had gone from Kapilavatthu, that Mahapajapati Gotami followed the Buddha with five hundred other Sakyan women, and, with the help of Ananda's intervention, obtained permission for women to enter the Order under certain conditions.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Mahapajapati Gotami,
• The Eight Garudhammas,
• Women in Buddhism,
• Bhikkhuni,
• Sravasti Abbey,
• International Congress on Buddhist Women's Role in the Sangha,
• Nanda (Buddhist),
• Rohini (Buddha's disciple),
• Maya (mother of Buddha),
• Vaishali (ancient city)