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.

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Label Occurrences
Kāśyapīya school canonical 1
Vatsiputriya school 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist sect
early Buddhist school
associatedWith Āgama scriptures
category Early Buddhist schools
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
linked to: Āgamas
hasDoctrinalFeature distinct doctrinal interpretations
hasHistoricalRole contributed to diversity of early Buddhist thought
hasScripturalCollection its own Āgama collection
hasStatus extinct Buddhist school
hasTextualGenre Abhidharma
Sūtra
Vinaya
influencedBy early Buddhist community (Saṅgha)
namedAfter Kāśyapa
linked to: Kashyapa
partOf early Buddhist doctrinal landscape
region Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia
religion Buddhism
scripturalLanguage likely used Middle Indo-Aryan languages
sharesDoctrinesWith other early Buddhist Nikāya schools
timePeriod early centuries of Buddhism
tradition Nikāya Buddhism
linked to: Nikaya Buddhism

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Āgamas associatedWith Kāśyapīya school
Sthavira Nikaya influenced Vatsiputriya school
linked to: Kāśyapīya school