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Mahaprajapati
Mahaprajapati
 

Sanskrit: Mahaprajapati


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Sister of Shakyamuni's mother. She raised the young Shakyamuni after the death of his mother.
She is Nanda's mother and she became the first Bhikshuni ( Buddhist nun).

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