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
Ga'yā Kassapa, brother of the great Kassapa of Uruvelā.—64.
From The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus by Carus, Paul
It is, Kassapa, as if a potter made different vessels out of the same clay.
From The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus by Carus, Paul
It relates how the chamber in which a Brahman called Kassapa kept his sacred fire was haunted by a fire-breathing magical serpent.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
Kassapa finally proposed that the Sangha should adopt without alteration or addition the rules made by the Buddha.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
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