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Tocharian B
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit काश्यप (kāśyapa).
Proper noun
Kāśyap
- (Buddhism) Kassapa (the name of the 27th of 27 named Buddhas immediately preceding Gautama)
Further reading
Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “Kāśyap”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 165