Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.333
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.333
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Gayā-Kassapa.—One of the three Kassapa brothers, the Tebhātika-Jaṭilā (q.v.). On leaving the world with his brothers and becoming an ascetic, he gathered round him a company of two hundred other ascetics. They all lived at Gayāsīsa, hence his name (Gayāsīse pabbajito ti Gayā Kassapo nāma jāto). When Uruvelā-Kassapa was converted, Gayā-Kassapa, with his followers, joined the Order, and at the conclusion of the Ādittapariyāya Sutta they all became arahants.¹ Gayā-Kassapa is reported² to have said that he used to bathe three times a day at Gayā-tittha, in order to wash away his sins during the festival of Gayāphaggu.