Mahakassapa, Maha-kassapa, Mahākassapa: 4 definitions
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In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Mahākassapa in Pali, or Mahākāśyapa in Sanskrit was one of the principal disciples of Gautama Buddha. He came from the kingdom of Magadha. He became an Arhat and was the disciple of the Buddha who was foremost in ascetic practice. Mahākassapa (Mahākāśyapa) assumed the leadership of the Sangha following the death of the Buddha, presiding over the First Buddhist Council. He is considered to be the first patriarch in a number of Mahayana School dharma lineages. In the Theravada tradition, he is considered to be the Buddha's third foremost disciple, surpassed only by the chief disciples Sariputta and Maha Moggallana.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
mahākassapa (မဟာကဿပ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[mahanta+kassapa]
[မဟန္တ+ကဿပ]
[Pali to Burmese]
mahākassapa—
(Burmese text): ရှင်မဟာကဿပထေရ်။ ကဿပ-(၂)-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Shin Maha is the Katha Pathra. You can also check Katha-(2).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Mahākassapa (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 摩訶迦葉 [mó hē jiā yè]: “Mahā-kassapa”; “Mahākāśyapa” [Sanskrit personal name].
2) 迦葉 [jiā yè]: “Kāśyapa”; “Mahā-kassapa”; “Mahākāśyapa” [Sanskrit personal name].
Note: mahākassapa can be alternatively written as: mahā-kassapa.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Kassapa, Maha, Mahanta.
Starts with (+0): Mahakassapa Thera, Mahakassapapaccuggamana, Mahakassapappamukha, Mahakassapattherappamukha.
Full-text (+88): Mahakassapa Thera, Mahakassapapaccuggamana, Mahakassapappamukha, Mahakashyapa, Upassaya Sutta, Kassapa Samyutta, Mo he jia ye, Maha Kassapa Piṇḍapata Vatthu, Maha Kassapa Saddhi Viharika Vatthu, Kalavilangika, Pipphaliguha, Paramatthapakasini, Suravamagotta, Paramatthabindu, Pipphali Manava, Jhanabhinna Sutta, Ubbhida, Ca diep, Kashyapa, Kulavaddhana.
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