Kassapa26
PersonA well-known clan name shared by several unrelated figures in the texts, such as Uruvela-Kassapa and Nāgita Thera, who were addressed by it simply because they belonged to a family bearing this name.
See also Acela-Kassapa, Uruvela°, Kumāra°, Gayā°, Kassapa Buddha, Nadī°, Nārada°, Pūraṇa°, Mahā° and Lomassa°.
Kassapa was evidently a well-known clan (gotta), e.g., MA.i.584) and people born in a family bearing that name were often addressed as Kassapa — e.g., Uruvela-Kassapa (AA.i.165) and, again, Nāgita Thera (D.i.151).
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