Mahākāśyapa
en av Buddhas tio främsta lärjungar och hängivna följeslagare
Key facts
- Religious biography.image
- File:China, Hebei province, Southern Xiangtangshan caves, Northern Qi dynasty - Standing Disciple Mahakasyapa Holding a Cylindrical Reliquary - 1972.166 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
- Religious biography.caption
- Mahākāśyapa holding a reliquary, sixth century CE, Hebei province, China
- Religious biography.birth_name
- Pippali
- Religious biography.birth_date
- or 520 BC
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Mahātittha, Magadha (present-day Bihar, India)
- Religious biography.death_date
- or 380 BC
- Religious biography.death_place
- In Kukkuṭapāda Mountain, Magadha. According to many hagiographic accounts, undecomposed body still there
- Religious biography.nationality
- Magadha
- Religious biography.religion
- Buddhism
- Religious biography.school
- all, but most honored in Theravāda and Chan Buddhism