Date
Name Mahapajapati
Gender Feminine
Usage Sanskrit
Scripts महाप्रजापति(Sanskrit)
Other Forms FormsMahāprajāpatī
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Meaning & History
Means "leader of a great assembly", derived from Sanskrit महा (mahā) meaning "great, large" combined with प्रजा (prajā) meaning "subjects, people" and पति (patī) meaning "husband, lord, master". This was the name of an aunt of the Gautama Buddha and the younger sister of Maya who raised Siddhartha.