大迦叶 dàjiāshè Mahakashyapa Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 大 dà adjective big big; large; great; vast; high in scale or intensity; (of a person) old; adult迦叶 迦葉 jiāshè Mahakashyapa One of the ten principal disciples of Gautama Buddha, regarded as the first patriarch of Chan Buddhism; also known as 大迦叶 dàjiāshè or 摩诃迦叶 móhējiāshè