Kassapa
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Sigiriya, a mountain fortress in Ceylon, was abandoned after King Kassapa, disgraced in battle, committed suicide.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ga'yā Kassapa, brother of the great Kassapa of Uruvelā.—64.
From The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus by Paul Carus
The name Kassapa applies mainly to Kāssapa of Uruvelā, one of the great pillars of the Buddhistic brotherhood, who took at once, after his conversion, a most prominent rank among Buddha's disciples.
From The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus by Paul Carus
It seems to be a combination of two documents, for it opens as a narrative by Kassapa, but it soon turns into a narrative about him.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
Nadī-Kā's'yapa, skt., brother of the great Kassapa of Uruvelā.—64.
From The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus by Paul Carus
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