RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Mahapajapati Gotami

600 BC - 480 BC

Photo of Mahapajapati Gotami

Icon of person Mahapajapati Gotami

Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī (Sanskrit: महाप्रजापति गौतमी; Pali: Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī) or simply Prajāpatī was the foster-mother, step-mother and maternal aunt (mother's sister) of the Buddha. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahapajapati Gotami has received more than 381,505 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Mahapajapati Gotami is the 718th most popular religious figure (down from 692nd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Nepal (up from 8th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Nepalese Religious Figure.

Mahapajapati Gotami is most famous for being the first woman to become ordained in Buddhism.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Mahapajapati Gotami ranks 718 out of 3,187. Before her are Hillel the Elder, Lucile Randon, Atiśa, Angelo Sodano, Ananias of Damascus, and Pope Severinus. After her are Silas, Euphemia, Eli, Philemon, Ivo of Kermartin, and Nathan Söderblom.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Mahapajapati Gotami ranks 27. Before her are Chilon of Sparta, Hippias, Thespis, Theano, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, and Cleomenes I. After her are Aristagoras, Ibycus, Neriglissar, Demaratus, Lars Porsena, and Hiero I of Syracuse. Among people deceased in 480 BC, Mahapajapati Gotami ranks 3. Before her are Leonidas I, and Ephialtes of Trachis. After her are Cleombrotus, Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis, Onomacritus, and Hamilcar I of Carthage.

Others Born in 600 BC

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 480 BC

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Nepal

Among people born in Nepal, Mahapajapati Gotami ranks 7 out of 59. Before her are Gautama Buddha (-566), Tenzing Norgay (1914), Yaśodharā (-600), Maya (-600), Rāhula (-534), and Śuddhodana (-590). After her are Prithvi Narayan Shah (1723), Birendra of Nepal (1945), Gyanendra of Nepal (1947), Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939), Ram Baran Yadav (1948), and Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814).

Others born in Nepal

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Nepal

Among religious figures born in Nepal, Mahapajapati Gotami ranks 3. Before her are Maya (-600), and Rāhula (-534). After her are Janaka (null), Anuruddha (-450), and Khagendra Thapa Magar (1992).

Nepalese born Religious Figures

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous