Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1281

v1.c12.1281

24. Kassapa Thera.—According to the *Gandhavaṃsa*¹ he was the author of the *Anāgatavaṃsa* and also of the *Mohavicchedanī*, the *Vimaticchedanī* and the *Buddhavaṃsa*. This *Buddhavaṃsa* is evidently not the canonical work of the same name. The *Sāsanavaṃsadīpa*² says that a Kassapa, an inhabitant of Coḷa, was the author of *Vimativinodanī*. The *Sāsanavaṃsa*³ calls this a *Vinayaṭīkā* and the author an inhabitant of the Damiḷa country. The *Mohavicchedanī* is there described as a *lakkhaṇagandha* (a treatise on grammar ?) and is ascribed to another Kassapa.