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Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī (in Pali; Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī in Sanskrit) was the first woman to request ordination from the Buddha and to join the Saṅgha. Mayadevi and Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī were Koliyan Princess and sisters of Suprabuddha. Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī was both the Buddha’s maternal aunt and adoptive mother raising him after her sister Queen Maya (Mahāmāyā) the Buddha’s birth mother died. Mahapajapati Gotami died at the age of 120.
