Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī
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Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī was the Buddha’s foster mother and the first woman to be ordained as a Buddhist nun, traditionally regarded as the founder of the bhikkhunī (female monastic) order.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī canonical | 6 |
| Mahapajapati Gotami | 1 |
| Mahāpajāpatī | 1 |
| Mahāpajāpatī Gautamī | 1 |
| Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2563159 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī Context triple: [Shakyamuni Buddha, auntAndFosterMother, Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī]
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A.
Sharada Devi
Sharada Devi is a Hindu goddess of learning and wisdom, venerated particularly in Kashmir as a local form of Saraswati.
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B.
Yashoda
Yashoda was the wife of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, and is traditionally regarded as his consort before he renounced worldly life.
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C.
Yashoda
Yashoda is the loving foster mother of the Hindu deity Krishna, revered for her deep maternal devotion and prominent role in his childhood stories.
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D.
Subhadra
Subhadra is a revered princess in the Mahabharata, the sister of Krishna and Balarama and the mother of the hero Abhimanyu.
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E.
Rukmini
Rukmini is a principal queen of the Hindu god Krishna, revered as an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi and celebrated for her devotion and role in Krishna’s life.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī Target entity description: Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī was the Buddha’s foster mother and the first woman to be ordained as a Buddhist nun, traditionally regarded as the founder of the bhikkhunī (female monastic) order.
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A.
Sharada Devi
Sharada Devi is a Hindu goddess of learning and wisdom, venerated particularly in Kashmir as a local form of Saraswati.
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B.
Yashoda
Yashoda was the wife of Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism, and is traditionally regarded as his consort before he renounced worldly life.
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C.
Yashoda
Yashoda is the loving foster mother of the Hindu deity Krishna, revered for her deep maternal devotion and prominent role in his childhood stories.
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D.
Subhadra
Subhadra is a revered princess in the Mahabharata, the sister of Krishna and Balarama and the mother of the hero Abhimanyu.
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E.
Rukmini
Rukmini is a principal queen of the Hindu god Krishna, revered as an incarnation of the goddess Lakshmi and celebrated for her devotion and role in Krishna’s life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist nun
ⓘ
bhikkhunī ⓘ disciple of Gautama Buddha ⓘ founder of religious order ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī
ⓘ
surface form:
Mahāpajāpatī Gautamī
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī ⓘ
surface form:
Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī
|
| associatedPlace |
Kapilavastu
ⓘ
surface form:
Kapilavatthu
|
| associatedPractice | renunciation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shakya clan
ⓘ
surface form:
Śākya clan
|
| commemoratedOn | various Buddhist observance days honoring nuns ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Śākya ⓘ |
| familyRelation |
aunt of Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
foster mother of Gautama Buddha ⓘ stepmother of Gautama Buddha ⓘ |
| fosterMotherOf |
Shakyamuni Buddha
ⓘ
surface form:
Gautama Buddha
|
| founderOf | bhikkhunī order ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasStoryType | hagiography ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the Buddhist nuns’ order ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the first woman ordained as a Buddhist nun
ⓘ
raising Siddhattha Gotama after the death of his birth mother ⓘ requesting the establishment of the bhikkhunī saṅgha ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Pāli ⓘ |
| motherOf |
Nanda
ⓘ
Rāhula’s mother (Yasodharā) is sometimes described as her daughter-in-law ⓘ |
| ordinationStatus | fully ordained bhikkhunī ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| requestedOrdinationFrom |
Shakyamuni Buddha
ⓘ
surface form:
Gautama Buddha
|
| role |
first bhikkhunī
ⓘ
leader of early Buddhist nuns ⓘ |
| roleInCanon | exemplar of female spiritual attainment ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Cullavagga of the Vinaya Piṭaka
ⓘ
Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form:
Pāli Canon
Therīgāthā ⓘ |
| spouse |
Śuddhodana
ⓘ
surface form:
King Suddhodana
|
| stepMotherOf |
Shakyamuni Buddha
ⓘ
surface form:
Gautama Buddha
|
| supportedByInOrdinationRequest | Ānanda ⓘ |
| teacher |
Shakyamuni Buddha
ⓘ
surface form:
Gautama Buddha
|
| title |
Gotamī
ⓘ
Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Mahāpajāpatī
|
| tradition | early Buddhism ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Mahayana
ⓘ
surface form:
Mahayana Buddhism
Theravada ⓘ
surface form:
Theravāda Buddhism
Vajrayana ⓘ
surface form:
Vajrayana Buddhism
|
| youngerSisterOf | Māyādevī ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī Description of subject: Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī was the Buddha’s foster mother and the first woman to be ordained as a Buddhist nun, traditionally regarded as the founder of the bhikkhunī (female monastic) order.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mahapajapati Gotami
this entity surface form:
Mahāpajāpatī
this entity surface form:
Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī
this entity surface form:
Mahāpajāpatī Gautamī