Pāli Dictionary

Nadī-Kassapa

Person

优楼频螺迦叶之弟,是三位 Tebhātika Jaṭila 苦行兄弟之一,因率三百名苦行者住在尼连禅河源头一带而得此名。

Brother of Uruvela-Kassapa and one of three brothers — the Tebhātika Jaṭila.

He received his name from living on the bank of the Nerañjarā at the head of three hundred ascetics. (Thag.340-44; ThagA.i.434, etc.)

For his story see Uruvela-Kassapa.

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