Kassapa26
Person一個在典籍中常見的氏族名,多位彼此無關的人物(如 Uruvela-Kassapa、Nāgita 長老)因出身同一家族而被以此稱呼。
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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