Kassapa
Americannoun
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Sigiriya, a mountain fortress in Ceylon, was abandoned after King Kassapa, disgraced in battle, committed suicide.
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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 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 Carus, Paul
At that time there lived in Uruvelā the Jatilas, Brahman hermits with matted hair, worshipping the fire and keeping a fire-dragon; and Kassapa was their chief.
From The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus by Carus, Paul
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 Carus, Paul
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