Kassapa
Americannoun
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Sigiriya, a mountain fortress in Ceylon, was abandoned after King Kassapa, disgraced in battle, committed suicide.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the venerable Maha Kassapa went on to Makuta-bandhana of Kusinara, to the shrine of the Mallas, to the place where the funeral pile of the Blessed One was.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John
And Kassapa went to the Buddha on the next morning and said: "Why did the great Sakyamuni not come?"
From The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus by Carus, Paul
The residence of Kassapa, the chief of the Jatilas.—34,
From The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus by Carus, Paul
Gotama settled among them, and after a time they became believers in his system,—the elder brother, Kassapa, taking henceforth a principal place among his followers.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
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