Two disciples of buddha

          Mahakasyapa pronunciation

        1. Mahakasyapa pronunciation
        2. Buddha enlightenment
        3. Maitreya buddha
        4. First 5 disciples of buddha
        5. Ananda buddha

          6. Maitreya buddha.

          Mahākāśyapa

          Principal disciple of Gautama Buddha and leader at the First Council

          "Mahakassapa" redirects here. For other uses, see Kassapa.

          The elder

          Mahākāśyapa

          Mahākāśyapa holding a reliquary, sixth century CE, Hebei province, China

          Born

          Pippali


          c. 603 BC or 520 BC

          Mahātittha, Magadha (present-day Bihar, India)

          Diedc. 460 BC or 380 BC

          In Kukkuṭapāda Mountain, Magadha.

          According to many hagiographic accounts, still alive there

          NationalityMagadha
          Parent(s)Father Nyagrodha, Kapila or Kosigotta; mother Sumanādevī
          EducationBrahmin caste education
          Known forLeader of the First Buddhist Council; foremost in ascetic practices (Pali: dhutavādānaṃ)
          Other namesDhutaraja
          ReligionBuddhism
          Schoolall, but most honored in Theravāda and Chan Buddhism
          TeacherGautama Buddha
          SuccessorĀnanda

          Students

          • Śroṇa-Koṭikarṇa; Bhadra-Kapilānī

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