Gautama Buddha was brought up by
A
Mahaprajapati
B
Mayadevi
C
Kundavi
D
Sangamitra
Correct Answer: Mahaprajapati
Mahapajapati Gotami was the step-mother and maternal aunt (mother's sister) of the Buddha. In Buddhist tradition, she was the first woman to seek ordination for women, which she did from Gautama Buddha directly, and she became the first bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun).