妙法蓮華經玄贊 1.119

1.119

贊曰：三尊重諸尼眾也。梵云摩訶鉢剌闍伏底，此云大勝生主。佛母有三，此為小母。大術生佛七日命終，此尼養佛，大術姊妹之類故號為姨母。大勝生主本梵王名，一切眾生皆彼子故，從彼乞得因以為名。又一切佛弟子名為大生，三乘聖眾名為勝生，由養佛故為大勝生。大勝生之主名大勝生主，雖從彼乞得亦以義為名。舊云波闍波提、名大愛道，皆訛略也。度此因緣，如律中說。

The Eulogy says: The third is the assembly of respected nuns. In Sanskrit it is Mahāprajāpatī; here it is translated as 'Great Lord of Superior Beings'. The Buddha had three mothers, and this was his junior mother. Māyā died seven days after giving birth to the Buddha; this nun raised the Buddha, and being of the same kind as Māyā's sister, she was called his maternal aunt. 'Great Lord of Superior Beings' was originally the name of the Brahmā King, because all sentient beings are his children; having prayed to him and obtained her, she was named after him. Furthermore, all disciples of the Buddha are called 'greatly born'; the noble assemblies of the three vehicles are called 'superiorly born'; because she raised the Buddha, she is 'mother of the great and superiorly born'. The master of the great and superiorly born is called 'Great Lord of Superior Beings'; although obtained by praying to him, she was also named according to this meaning. The old rendering 'Bojeboti' translated as 'Great Path of Love' is both corrupted and abbreviated. The circumstances of her ordination are as recounted in the Vinaya.