Pāli Dictionary

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pūraṇakassapa
  1. pūraṇa

    Pūraṇa Kassapa, name of an ascetic teacher

  2. kassapa

    Kassapa Buddha; the 24th Buddha, the third of the present aeon (Bhaddakappa), and the immediate predecessor of Gotama Buddha.

Encyclopedia

Pūraṇa Kassapa
Place

  • One of the six well-known teachers contemporary with the Buddha, who taught a doctrine of non-action denying that good or bad deeds bring any result.

DN 2DN 16MN 30SN 3.1SN 22.60SN 44.9AN 9.38

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