Kassapa

American  

[kah-shuhp-uh] / kɑˈʃʌp ə /

noun

1. Kasyapa.

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Example Sentences

Sigiriya, a mountain fortress in Ceylon, was abandoned after King Kassapa, disgraced in battle, committed suicide.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upâli, who comes first, is called chief of the Vinaya but, so far as there was one head of the order, it seems to have been Kassapa.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

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

And the venerable Maha Kassapa saw the naked ascetic coming in the distance; and when he had seen him he said to the naked ascetic: "O friend! surely thou knowest our Master?"

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John

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 Eliot, Charles, Sir