Kāśyape

Tocharian B

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Kāśyape

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

Further reading

• 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