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Mahapajapati Gotami

Mahapajapati Gotami proper noun: the stepmother and maternal aunt of Gautama Buddha.

Proper noun

Mahapajapati Gotami

  1. The stepmother and maternal aunt of Gautama Buddha.

Mahapajapati Gotami meaning in Sinhala, Thai and Myanmar

Mahapajapati Gotami in Sinhala

stepmother of Gautama Buddha
ප්රජාපතී ගෝතමී prajāpatī gōtamī

Mahapajapati Gotami in Thai

stepmother of Gautama Buddha
พระมหาปชาบดีโคตมีเถรี, มหาปชาบดีโคตมีเถรี

Mahapajapati Gotami in Myanmar

stepmother of Gautama Buddha
ဂေါတမီ gau:ta.mi, ဂေါတမီထေရီ gau:ta.mihteri, မဟာပဇာပတီဂေါတမီ ma.hapa.japa.tigau:ta.mi

Origin of Mahapajapati Gotami

Transliteration of Pali Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, from Sanskrit महाप्रजापती गौतमी (mahāprajāpatī gautamī).

Questions about Mahapajapati Gotami

What does Mahapajapati Gotami mean?
Mahapajapati Gotami means the stepmother and maternal aunt of Gautama Buddha.
What is Mahapajapati Gotami in Sinhala?
Mahapajapati Gotami in Sinhala is ප්රජාපතී ගෝතමී (prajāpatī gōtamī). See Mahapajapati Gotami meaning in Sinhala.
What part of speech is Mahapajapati Gotami?
Mahapajapati Gotami is a proper noun.

Words near Mahapajapati Gotami in the dictionary

  1. mahannahs
  2. mahannas
  3. Mahans
  4. mahant
  5. mahants
  6. Mahapajapati Gotami
  7. mahapatti
  8. mahapattis
  9. Mahaplag
  10. Mahar
  11. Maharabam

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