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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A building attached to the Abhayagiri vihara and erected by Kassapa IV. A village was made over for its maintenance (Cv.lii.13). It is identified with the Kasub vad mahapaha mentioned in an inscription of Mahinda IV. in the Jetavanarama. Ep.Zey.i.216.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1963

Kassapa-pāsāda is the name of a building (allied to Mulaso-vihāra) built by Kassapa IV (898-914) and forms part of the Abhayagiri-vihāra temple complex situated in Anurādhapura.—Kassapa-pāsāda or Kasub-rad-maha-pahā was built by Kassapa IV. Mahinda IV (956-972) repaired its roof, 35 cubits (52 feet) long.

The Abhayagiri-vihāra complex (including Kassapa-pāsāda) was founded in March, B.C. 89, by king Vaṭṭagāmaṇi Abhaya who demolished a Nigaṇṭha (Jain) shrine called Titthārāma, built by Paṇḍukābhaya in the 4th century B.C., and erected, on its site, a vihāra of 12 cells.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Partial matches: Kassapa, Pasada.

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