Like Jesus just before her (beneath unique circumstances), Mahapajapati was denied three occasions when she requested Buddha for to be permitted to be allowed into the sangha in Kapilavatthu. Cutting her hair and putting on a saffron robe, she had left Buddha to his thoughts. When Buddha left on his long trip to Vesali, he was quickly joined by Mahapajapati, as well as 500 women of noblebirth, all with hair removed and donning robes.