[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c14.333 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.333 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.333 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.333](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.333) 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. - [Previous: v1.c14.332](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.332) - [Next: v1.c14.334](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.334) - [Up: v1.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.333](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.333) · Pramāṇa