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
Now Kassapa had been a Brahman ascetic and it is probable that in tolerating the Dhutângas the Buddha merely intended to allow him and his followers to continue the practices to which they were accustomed.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
He is confuted not by the Buddha but by Kassapa.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
Now at that time the venerable Maha Kassapa was journeying along the high road from Pava to Kusinara with a great company of the brethren, with about five hundred of the brethren.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John
Buddha converted a tribe of them, and Kassapa, their chief, became one of his most prominent disciples.—62,
From The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus by Carus, Paul
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