Mahāpajāpatī

Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī

The Buddha's aunt and foster mother; queen of Suddhodana; mother of Nanda; the first nun

Category: Nuns (bhikkhunīs)

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Birth

His mother dies, and his aunt raises the prince

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

The Buddha keeps the fifth rains retreat in the Hall with the Peaked Roof at Vesālī

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

The Buddha settles the dispute over water between the Sakyans and the Koliyans

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

King Suddhodana attains arahantship and dies

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

Mahāpajāpatī goes forth, and the community of nuns is founded

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

Mahāpajāpatī attains arahantship and is named foremost in seniority

Year 11 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 45

The quarrelling monks of Kosambī come to Sāvatthī to admit their fault

Year 15 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 49

Discourses and rules that state a rains retreat at Kapilavatthu

Events of uncertain year

Mahāpajāpatī asks for the first time to go forth

Events known only to fall within a span of years

Yasodharā passes away at seventy-eight

Events known only to fall within a span of years

Mahāpajāpatī and five hundred nuns pass away