Queen Māyā of Sakya (Māyādevī) was the birth mother of Gautama Buddha, the sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded, and the sister of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī, the first Buddhist nun ordained by the Buddha.
Queen Māyā of Sakya (Māyādevī) was the birth mother of Gautama Buddha. Gautama Buddha was the sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. Gautama Buddha was the sister of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī. Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī was the first Buddhist nun. This first Buddhist nun was ordained by the Buddha.