Kāśyapīya school
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The Kāśyapīya school was an early Buddhist sect known for its distinct doctrinal interpretations and its own collection of scriptures within the Āgama tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kāśyapīya school canonical | 1 |
| Vatsiputriya school | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11674308 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kāśyapīya school Context triple: [Āgamas, associatedWith, Kāśyapīya school]
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A.
Cāndra school
The Cāndra school is a traditional grammatical school within the Sanskrit vyākaraṇa tradition, known for its alternative system of grammatical analysis distinct from Pāṇini’s.
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B.
Mīmāṃsā school
The Mīmāṃsā school is an orthodox Hindu philosophical tradition best known for its rigorous analysis of Vedic ritual, language, and epistemology, especially its influential theories of knowledge and scriptural authority.
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C.
Kātantra school
The Kātantra school is an ancient Indian grammatical tradition that offers a simplified and more practical alternative to Pāṇini’s complex system of Sanskrit grammar.
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D.
Prabhakara school
The Prabhakara school is a major subtradition of the Mimamsa branch of Hindu philosophy, known for its distinctive theories of language, epistemology, and Vedic ritual exegesis.
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E.
Bhatta school
The Bhatta school is a prominent subtradition of the Mimamsa philosophical system in Hinduism, associated especially with the thinker Kumarila Bhatta and known for its rigorous defense of Vedic ritualism and epistemology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kāśyapīya school Target entity description: The Kāśyapīya school was an early Buddhist sect known for its distinct doctrinal interpretations and its own collection of scriptures within the Āgama tradition.
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A.
Cāndra school
The Cāndra school is a traditional grammatical school within the Sanskrit vyākaraṇa tradition, known for its alternative system of grammatical analysis distinct from Pāṇini’s.
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B.
Mīmāṃsā school
The Mīmāṃsā school is an orthodox Hindu philosophical tradition best known for its rigorous analysis of Vedic ritual, language, and epistemology, especially its influential theories of knowledge and scriptural authority.
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C.
Kātantra school
The Kātantra school is an ancient Indian grammatical tradition that offers a simplified and more practical alternative to Pāṇini’s complex system of Sanskrit grammar.
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D.
Prabhakara school
The Prabhakara school is a major subtradition of the Mimamsa branch of Hindu philosophy, known for its distinctive theories of language, epistemology, and Vedic ritual exegesis.
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E.
Bhatta school
The Bhatta school is a prominent subtradition of the Mimamsa philosophical system in Hinduism, associated especially with the thinker Kumarila Bhatta and known for its rigorous defense of Vedic ritualism and epistemology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist sect
ⓘ
early Buddhist school ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Āgama scriptures ⓘ |
| category | Early Buddhist schools NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engagesIn | scholastic interpretation of Buddhist doctrine ⓘ |
| focusesOn | preservation and interpretation of the Buddha’s teachings ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeClassification | considered one of the minor early Buddhist schools ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalCorpus | Kāśyapīya Āgama collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDoctrinalFeature | distinct doctrinal interpretations ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole | contributed to diversity of early Buddhist thought ⓘ |
| hasScripturalCollection | its own Āgama collection ⓘ |
| hasStatus | extinct Buddhist school ⓘ |
| hasTextualGenre |
Abhidharma
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sūtra ⓘ Vinaya ⓘ |
| influencedBy | early Buddhist community (Saṅgha) ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kāśyapa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | early Buddhist doctrinal landscape ⓘ |
| region |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| scripturalLanguage | likely used Middle Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| sharesDoctrinesWith | other early Buddhist Nikāya schools ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early centuries of Buddhism ⓘ |
| tradition | Nikāya Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kāśyapīya school Description of subject: The Kāśyapīya school was an early Buddhist sect known for its distinct doctrinal interpretations and its own collection of scriptures within the Āgama tradition.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Vatsiputriya school