Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1192
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.1192
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Mention is also made of doctrines which had been taught by Kassapa but forgotten later, and Gotama is asked by those who had heard faint echoes of them to revive them.²⁵ A sermon attributed to Kassapa, when he once visited Benares with twenty thousand monks, is included in the story of Paṇḍita-Sāmaṇera.²⁶ It was on this occasion that Kassapa accepted alms from the beggar Mahāduggata in preference to those offered by the king and the nobles.