2018 · Q102
Who among the following was Buddha's foster mother?
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- APurna
- BGajalakshmi
- CMaya
- DMahapajapati Gotami
Explanation
Mahapajapati Gotami, the Buddha's maternal aunt and stepmother, raised him after his mother Maya died a week after his birth — she is regarded as his foster mother (and later the first Buddhist nun). Maya was his birth mother; Purna and Gajalakshmi are distractors. Hence Mahapajapati Gotami.