Kassapa21
PersonA prince of Jambudīpa whose envoys, sent with costly gifts to the king of Rāmañña, were turned away and insulted, an episode cited among the causes of King Parakkamabāhu I of Sri Lanka’s military expedition against Rāmañña.
A prince of Jambudīpa who, during the reign of Parakkamabāhu I of Sri Lanka, sent costly gifts to the king of Rāmañña; the Rāmañña king forbade the envoys to land and insulted them. This is mentioned as one of the acts which led Parakkamabāhu to send an expedition against Rāmañña. Cv.lxxvi.28 f.
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