mahAprajApatI
Mahāprajāpatī (= Pali Mahāpaj°), n. of the sister of Mayā, after whose death she took care of the infant Bodhisattva; later made the head of the order of nuns; regularly with addition of her family name Gautamī (once, at least, written Go°), q.v. : SP 268.6 ff. ; LV 100.14, 16 ; 118.14, 16 ; 121.17 ; 201.9 ; 228.4 ; 229.15, 18 ; Mv ii.165.2 ; 233.2 ; iii.116.7 ff. ; 142.6 ; 256.13 ff. ; Mvy 1068 ; Bhīk 3a.2 et alibi ; without the word Gautamī, SP 2.9 ; Mv i.355.17 ; Divy 391.7 ; Suv 239.9 ; Av ii.4.9 ; 21.6, 13 ; 33.5 ; 50.3 .