# Mahapajapati Gotami

> The Buddha's aunt and foster-mother who wouldn't take no for an answer — she pressed him directly for women's ordination and became the first Buddhist nun.

*Disciple of Gautama Buddha*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/mahapajapati-gotami

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** -600
- **Died:** -480
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī was the maternal aunt of Siddhartha Gautama, his mother's sister, and raised him after his mother's death. When the Buddha began teaching, she sought something unprecedented: ordination for women. She approached him directly with the request. He granted it, and she became the first bhikṣuṇī in Buddhist tradition — the first woman to take monastic vows in the sangha. Her persistence opened a path that had not existed before.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.2 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 21.4 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Academic, #Philosophy, #Religion, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q613944)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahapajapati_Gotami)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Mahapajapati%20Gotami)
- [মহাপজাপতি গোতমী](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80)
- [Mahaprajapati Gotami](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahaprajapati_Gotami)
- [Maháppadžápatí Gótamí](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C3%A1ppad%C5%BE%C3%A1pat%C3%AD_G%C3%B3tam%C3%AD)
- [Mahapajapati Gotami](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahapajapati_Gotami)
- [Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C4%81praj%C4%81pat%C4%AB_Gautam%C4%AB)
- [Mahapajapati Gotami](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahapajapati_Gotami)
- [Mahaprajapati Gautami](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahaprajapati_Gautami)
- [Mahapajapati Gotami](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahapajapati_Gotami)
- [Mahaprajapati Gautami](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahaprajapati_Gautami)
- [महाप्रजापति गौतमी](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80)
- [Mahá Padzsápatí Gótamí](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C3%A1_Padzs%C3%A1pat%C3%AD_G%C3%B3tam%C3%AD)
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- [Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C4%81praj%C4%81pat%C4%AB_Gautam%C4%AB)
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- [महाप्रजापती गौतमी](https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80)
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- [ਮਹਾਪਜਪਤੀ ਗੌਤਮੀ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%97%E0%A9%8C%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%80)
- [Pradźapati Gautami](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prad%C5%BAapati_Gautami)
- [Mahapajapati Gotami](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahapajapati_Gotami)
- [Махапраджапати](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8)
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- [Махападжапати Готами](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8)

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