Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t16.2

v1.c7.s7.t16.2

Purana Kassapa, as tradition has it, was the son of a slave, disputed with Buddha, and drowned himself at Sravasti 16 years after the Buddha’s Enlightenment. His teachings are recorded in the Buddhist texts, including the one in Pali *Samannaphala Sutta*, the one in Chinese *Dirghagama-sutra* and *Samyuktagama sutra*.