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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2501

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.2501

- **Language:** English

### [v1.c12.2501](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2501)

Kassapa’s \*upasampadā\* took place in his twentieth year. A doubt arose as to whether this was valid because, according to the rule, twenty years must be completed for \*upasampadā\*. The Buddha held that in reckoning the age the time spent in the mother’s womb could also be included.¹¹

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