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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A cave near Rajagaha, evidently a favourite haunt of Maha Kassapa. Once when he lay there grievously ill, the Buddha visited him and cheered him by talking to him of the seven bojjhangas (S.v.79). On another occasion, Maha Kassapa spent several days there in a trance, and when, at the end of that period, he entered Rajagaha for alms, Sakka, with Sujata, waited for him in the guise of a weaver, and his wife gave him a meal. When Kassapa discovered this, he asked Sakka not to do such a thing again; but the Buddha heard Sakkas song of triumph when his meal was accepted and praised him for his gift (Ud.iii.7; UdA.195f.; DhA.i.427f.; see also Ud.i.6).

On another occasion, when Kassapa was in the Pipphaliguha, he had two novices waiting on him. One was lazy and a liar and took the credit for the work, all of which was done by the other. Kassapa admonished him, and he then set fire to the Elders hut and ran away (DhA.ii.19f). One day, as Kassapa sat in the Pipphaliguha, he tried to contemplate the rising and falling of living beings, but the Buddha discouraged him, saying that such a task was beyond his abilities (DhA.i.258f). The goddess Laja (q.v.), who had been born in Tavatimsa as a reward for a meal which she once gave to Kassapa, attempted to sweep his cell in the Pipphaliguha and to look after it, but Kassapa rejected her services. DhA.iii.6ff.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Pipphaliguhā (पिप्फलिगुहा) is the name of a stoppig-place, or vihāra located at Rājagṛha, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter V. Rājagṛha is the name of a sacred city where the Buddha was dwelling at the beginning of the discourse in the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

India history and geography

Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early Buddhism

Pipphaliguhā (पिप्फलिगुहा) or Pipphaliguhāpabbata is the name of a mountain situated in Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—Pipphaliguhā-pabbata is at Rājagaha. According to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, Thera Mahākassapa resided in the Pipphaliguhā pabbata. Paṇḍavapabbata is mentioned in the Atthasālinī.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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