‹ Back to the text

mahāpajāpatigotamī

fem nom sg of mahāpajāpatigotamī (noun); fem nom pl of mahāpajāpatigotamī (noun); fem acc pl of mahāpajāpatigotamī (noun); fem voc sg of mahāpajāpatigotamī (noun); …

1. name of an arahant nun; Buddha's foster-mother; first Bhikkhunī; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost nun in long-standing

Etymology. mahāpajāpati + gotamī; Sanskrit mahāprajāvatī + gotamī

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

Lite mode — plain HTML for e-readers and old browsers. Full version