A general clan name applied to members of the Kassapa lineage, as when the Ājīvaka Guṇa is addressed by it.

A monk of Vāsabhagāma known for his hospitality, who was unfairly blamed by long-staying guest monks for neglect and was cleared of any fault by the Buddha at Campā.

A monk of Saṅkavā who privately doubted the Buddha’s teaching as overly scrupulous, then sought him out at Rājagaha in remorse to confess and was praised for his self-restraint.

A monk who, after being told by a forest deity that his rebuke of a deer-trapper was wasted effort, was moved to great striving and attained Arahantship.

A monk who accompanied the Thera Majjhima on the mission to convert the Himalayan region, whose relics were later found enshrined at Sāñchi.