Kassapa Buddha, the Glossary
Kassapa Buddha (Pāli), is one of the ancient Buddhas whose biography is chronicled in chapter 24 of the Buddhavaṃsa, one of the books of the Pali Canon.[1]
Table of Contents
41 relations: Ananda Temple, Anāgāmi, Banyan, Benares Estate, Bhadrakalpika Sūtra, Bhikkhu, Bhikkhunī, Bodhi Tree, Boudhanath, Buddhahood, Buddhavaṃsa, Buddhism, Crore, Cubit, Enlightenment in Buddhism, India, Jambudvīpa, Kakusandha, Kalpa (time), Kiribath, Koṇāgamana, League (unit), Mahayana, Mahākāśyapa, Maitreya, Myanmar, Pali, Pali Canon, Pinyin, Pterocarpus, Revised Romanization of Korean, Romanization of Japanese, Rupee, Stupa, Sundar Nagar, The Buddha, Theravada, Uttar Pradesh, Vajrayana, Varanasi, Yaksha.
- Seven Buddhas of the Past
Ananda Temple
The Ananda Temple (အာနန္ဒာ ဘုရား), located in Bagan, Myanmar is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD during the reign (1084–1112/13) of King Kyansittha(Hti-Hlaing Min) of the Pagan Dynasty.
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Anāgāmi
In Buddhism, an anāgāmin (Sanskrit; Pāli: anāgāmī, lit. "non-returning") is a partially enlightened person who has cut off the first five fetters that bind the ordinary mind.
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Banyan
A banyan, also spelled banian, is a fig that develops accessory trunks from adjacent prop roots, allowing the tree to spread outwards indefinitely.
Benares Estate
Banaras Estate was a large zamindari estate in the United Provinces in British India.
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Bhadrakalpika Sūtra
Bhadrakalpikasūtra (Full Sanskrit: Āryabhadrakalpikanāmamahāyānasūtra,, The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Good Eon”) is a Mahāyāna sutra which discusses the names and deeds of over one thousand Buddhas of this "Fortunate Aeon" (bhadra kalpa).
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Bhikkhu
A bhikkhu (Pali: भिक्खु, Sanskrit: भिक्षु, bhikṣu) is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism.
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Bhikkhunī
A bhikkhunī (𑀪𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼𑀦𑀻) or bhikṣuṇī (भिक्षुणी) is a Buddhist nun, fully ordained female in Buddhist monasticism.
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Bodhi Tree
The Bodhi Tree ("tree of awakening"), also called the Mahabodhi Tree, Bo Tree, is a large sacred fig tree (Ficus religiosa) located in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India.
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Boudhanath
Bouddha (बौद्धनाथ; Newari: खास्ति चैत्य), also known as Boudhanath, Khasti Chaitya and Khāsa Chaitya is a stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Buddhahood
In Buddhism, Buddha (Pali, Sanskrit: 𑀩𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥, बुद्ध, "awakened one") is a title for those who are spiritually awake or enlightened, and have thus attained the supreme goal of Buddhism, variously described as pristine awareness, nirvana, awakening, enlightenment, and liberation or vimutti.
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Buddhavaṃsa
The Buddhavaṃsa (also known as the Chronicle of Buddhas) is a hagiographical Buddhist text which describes the life of Gautama Buddha and of the twenty-four Buddhas who preceded him and prophesied his attainment of Buddhahood.
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Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
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Crore
A crore (abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system.
Cubit
The cubit is an ancient unit of length based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger.
Enlightenment in Buddhism
The English term enlightenment is the Western translation of various Buddhist terms, most notably bodhi and vimutti.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Jambudvīpa
Jambudvīpa (Sanskrit; Jambudīpa) is a name often used to describe the territory of Greater India in ancient Indian sources.
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Kakusandha
Kakusandha (Pāli), or Krakucchaṃda in Sanskrit, is one of the ancient Buddhas whose biography is chronicled in chapter 22 of the Buddhavaṃsa, one of the books of the Pali Canon. Kassapa Buddha and Kakusandha are Seven Buddhas of the Past.
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Kalpa (time)
A kalpa is a long period of time (aeon) in Hindu and Buddhist cosmology, generally between the creation and recreation of a world or universe.
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Kiribath
Kiribath (කිරිබත්) is a traditional Sri Lankan dish made from rice.
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Koṇāgamana
Koṇāgamana (Pāli), also known as Kanakamuni in Sanskrit or alternatively Koṇāgon or Kanakagamana, is one of the ancient Buddhas whose biography is chronicled in chapter 23 of the Buddhavaṃsa, one of the books of the Pali Canon. Kassapa Buddha and Koṇāgamana are Seven Buddhas of the Past.
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League (unit)
A league is a unit of length.
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Mahayana
Mahāyāna is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices developed in ancient India (onwards).
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Mahākāśyapa
Mahākāśyapa (Mahākassapa) was one of the principal disciples of Gautama Buddha.
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Maitreya
Maitreya (Sanskrit) or Metteyya (Pali), is a bodhisattva who is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in all schools of Buddhism, prophesied to become Maitreya Buddha or Metteyya Buddha.
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Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.
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Pali
Pāli, also known as Pali-Magadhi, is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language on the Indian subcontinent.
Pali Canon
The Pāli Canon is the standard collection of scriptures in the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pāli language.
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Pinyin
Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese.
Pterocarpus
Pterocarpus is a pantropical tree genus in the Fabaceae family.
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Revised Romanization of Korean
Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea.
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Romanization of Japanese
The romanization of Japanese is the use of Latin script to write the Japanese language.
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Rupee
Rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, Burma, German East Africa (as Rupie/Rupien), and Tibet.
Stupa
In Buddhism, a stupa (lit) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as śarīra – typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation.
Sundar Nagar
Sundar Nagar (also spelled as Sundernagar) is a town and a municipal council in Mandi district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
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The Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha ('the awakened'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. Kassapa Buddha and the Buddha are Seven Buddhas of the Past.
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Theravada
Theravāda ('School of the Elders') is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school.
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Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ('North Province') is a state in northern India.
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Vajrayana
Vajrayāna (वज्रयान; 'vajra vehicle'), also known as Mantrayāna ('mantra vehicle'), Mantranāya ('path of mantra'), Guhyamantrayāna ('secret mantra vehicle'), Tantrayāna ('tantra vehicle'), Tantric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism, is a Buddhist tradition of tantric practice that developed in Medieval India and spread to Tibet, Nepal, other Himalayan states, East Asia, parts of Southeast Asia and Mongolia.
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Varanasi
Varanasi (ISO:,; also Benares, Banaras or Kashi) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
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Yaksha
The Yakshas (यक्ष,, i) are a broad class of nature spirits, usually benevolent, but sometimes mischievous or capricious, connected with water, fertility, trees, the forest, treasure and wilderness.
See also
Seven Buddhas of the Past
- Gautama Buddha
- Kakusandha
- Kassapa Buddha
- Koṇāgamana
- Sikhī Buddha
- The Buddha
- Vessabhū
- Vipassī
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassapa_Buddha
Also known as Buddha Kassapa, Kaśyapa Buddha, Kāśyapa Buddha, Osung.