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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraKisavaccha (किसवच्छ) is the name of a Ṛṣi who escaped the destruction of king Daṇḍaki’s country according to the Jātaka and Papañca mentioned in Appendix 1 of the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXIV).—Accordingly, “Kisavaccha, disciple of Sarabhaṅga, in search of solitude, was established in King Daṇḍaki’s park, near the city of Kumbhavatī in Kaliṅga. One day when King Daṇḍaki was leaving to suppress a revolt, he thought he could make himself lucky by spitting on Kisavaccha and throwing his tooth-pick at him. The gods were indignant, killed the king and destroyed the whole country. Only three people escaped death: the Ṛṣi Kisavaccha, the leader of the army who had become his disciple, and a certain Rāma, originally from Benares, who was spared as a result of his filial piety. The forest that grew up in that desolated land was called Daṇḍakārañña”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Dandaki, Kumbhapura, Kalikarakkhiya, Kumbhavati, Sarabhanga, Rama, Dandakaranna, Vatsa, Sarabhanga Jataka, Bhimaratha, Akitti, Atthaka.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 1 - Destruction of the forests of Daṇḍaka, Kāliṅga, Mejjha and Mātaṅga < [Chapter XXIV - The Virtue of Patience]
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 522: Sarabhaṅga-jātaka < [Volume 5]
Jataka 423: Indriya-jātaka < [Volume 3]
Jataka 530: Saṃkicca-jātaka < [Volume 5]
The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter XXXIV - The story of Śarabhaṅga < [Volume III]