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The Woman Who Raised the Buddha: The Extraordinary Life of Mahaprajapati

by Wendy Garling

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"The first English-language, general-audience study of MahāpajāpatīGotamī, the stepmother and maternal aunt of the Buddha who, according to the Buddhist tradition, became the first bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun)"--
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The first full biography of Mahaprajapati Gautami, the woman who raised the Buddha--examining her life through stories and canonical records.
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The first full biography of Mahaprajapati Gautami, the woman who raised the Buddha--examining her life through stories and canonical records.
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The first full biography of Mahaprajapati Gautami, the woman who raised the Buddha--examining her life through stories and canonical records.
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