Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.465
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.465
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2. Acela-Kassapa.—An old family friend of Cittagapahati. Having been for thirty years a paribbājaka, he admits to Citta that he had thereby obtained no particular excellence of knowledge. Citta tells him of his own attainments and Kassapa expresses a desire to enter the Order. He is duly ordained, and shortly afterwards becomes an arahant.¹