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Mahā-Kassapa2

Person

An eminent Sri Lankan elder of the Udumbaragiri monastery who, as the most senior monk, led the reform of the Saṅgha under King Parākramabāhu I.

An eminent thera of Sri Lanka, incumbent of Udumbaragirivihāra, who, as the most senior monk, was in charge of the reform of the Saṅgha carried out by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxviii.6, 16, 57; Cv. Trs.ii.102, n.2.

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