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270. The Bodhisatta As Kappa

Once upon a time when Brahmadatta was reigning in Benares, the Bodhisatta was born in a brahmin family in the kingdom of Kasi, and they called him young Kappa. When he came of age, he acquired all the arts at Takkasila and afterwards adopted the religious life. At this time an ascetic named Kesava attended by five hundred other ascetics became the teacher of a band of disciples in the Himalayas. The Bodhisatta came to him and becoming the senior of the five hundred pupils, lived there and showed a friendly feeling and affection for Kesava. And they became very intimate one with another.