Uruvilva Kashyapa
Please consider making little donation to help us expand the encyclopedia and pay for our server costs because as a Buddhist monk I don't have money and struggling to pay the server costs. Enjoy your readings here and have a wonderful day!
or card
PLEASE HELP
EVERY LITTLE DONATION MATTERS
Uruvilva Kashyapa
優楼頻螺迦葉 (Skt; Pali UruvelaKassapa; Jpn Uru-binra-kasho)
One of Shakyamuni Buddha's early converts. Before conversion, he is said to have practiced fire worship. When the Buddha went to Uruvilvato preach, UruvilvaKashyapa, together with his two brothers, NadiKashyapa and GayaKashyapa, became his follower. All three brothers were leaders among Brahman ascetics, and when UruvilvaKashyapa converted, his five hundred disciples followed suit.