Kāśyape

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Tocharian B[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of Sanskrit महाकाश्यप (mahākāśyapa), itself a borrowing from Pali Mahākassapa.

Proper noun[edit]

Kāśyape

  1. (Buddhism) Maha Kassapa, one of Ten Principal Disciples of Gautama Buddha

Further reading[edit]

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “Kāśyape”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 165