Mahakassapa (English spelling)

Japanese: Mahākassapa(英語表記)Mahakassapa
Mahakassapa (English spelling)

…It is said that the memorial service that Maudgalyayana performed to save his mother who had fallen into the realm of hungry ghosts became the origin of the Obon festival. (3) Makashyapa (Pali: Mahākassapa). The first of the zuda. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Mahākassapa" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…目連が餓鬼道に落ちた母を救うために行った供養が盂蘭盆会(うらぼんえ)の起源になったといわれる。(3)摩訶迦葉(まかかしよう) パーリ語でマハーカッサパMahākassapa。頭陀(ずだ)第一。…

※「Mahākassapa」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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