Kassapa
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Kassapa is another name for Mahākāśyapa, one of the principal disciples of the Buddha renowned for his asceticism and role in early Buddhist monastic leadership.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kassapa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11831544 — 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: Kassapa Context triple: [Mahākāśyapa, alternativeName, Kassapa]
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A.
Asaṅga
Asaṅga was a 4th-century Indian Buddhist philosopher and monk renowned as a principal founder and systematizer of the Yogācāra (Mind-Only) school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
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B.
Lambodara
Lambodara is an epithet of the Hindu deity Ganesha, highlighting his distinctive pot-bellied form and role as the remover of obstacles.
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C.
Srikula
Srikula is a tradition within Shaktism that centers on the worship of the goddess Sri (often identified with Tripura Sundari or Lalita) as the supreme divine reality.
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D.
Buddhapālita
Buddhapālita was an early Indian Buddhist philosopher and commentator renowned for articulating a subtle, non-assertive interpretation of Madhyamaka thought that strongly influenced later Prāsaṅgika traditions.
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E.
Bamakhyapa
Bamakhyapa was a renowned 19th-century Bengali mystic and Tantric saint, celebrated for his intense devotion to the goddess Tara and his unconventional, ecstatic spiritual practices centered around the Tarapith temple.
- 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: Kassapa Target entity description: Kassapa is another name for Mahākāśyapa, one of the principal disciples of the Buddha renowned for his asceticism and role in early Buddhist monastic leadership.
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A.
Asaṅga
Asaṅga was a 4th-century Indian Buddhist philosopher and monk renowned as a principal founder and systematizer of the Yogācāra (Mind-Only) school of Mahāyāna Buddhism.
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B.
Lambodara
Lambodara is an epithet of the Hindu deity Ganesha, highlighting his distinctive pot-bellied form and role as the remover of obstacles.
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C.
Srikula
Srikula is a tradition within Shaktism that centers on the worship of the goddess Sri (often identified with Tripura Sundari or Lalita) as the supreme divine reality.
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D.
Buddhapālita
Buddhapālita was an early Indian Buddhist philosopher and commentator renowned for articulating a subtle, non-assertive interpretation of Madhyamaka thought that strongly influenced later Prāsaṅgika traditions.
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E.
Bamakhyapa
Bamakhyapa was a renowned 19th-century Bengali mystic and Tantric saint, celebrated for his intense devotion to the goddess Tara and his unconventional, ecstatic spiritual practices centered around the Tarapith temple.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
arahant ⓘ early Buddhist monastic leader ⓘ principal disciple of the Buddha ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kāśyapa
ⓘ
linked to:
Kashyapa
Mahakasyapa ⓘ
linked to:
Mahākāśyapa Thera
Mahākāśyapa ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
First Buddhist Council at Rājagṛha
ⓘ
linked to:
First Buddhist Council
Sutta recitation ⓘ Vinaya recitation ⓘ preservation of the Buddha’s teachings ⓘ |
| discipline | ascetic practices (dhutaṅga) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
asceticism
ⓘ
austerity practices ⓘ leadership of the early Buddhist Saṅgha ⓘ presiding over the First Buddhist Council ⓘ strict observance of monastic discipline ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Aṅguttara Nikāya
ⓘ
linked to:
Sutta Pitaka
Saṃyutta Nikāya ⓘ
linked to:
Sutta Pitaka
Vinaya Piṭaka ⓘ
linked to:
Vinaya Pitaka
|
| placeOfActivity |
India
ⓘ
Magadha ⓘ Rājagṛha ⓘ
linked to:
Rajagriha
|
| positionInSangha | leader of the community of monks after the Buddha’s parinirvāṇa ⓘ |
| predecessorOf |
Ānanda (as leader in some traditions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ānanda
|
| regardedAs |
first Indian patriarch in Chan/Zen lineage
ⓘ
foremost in ascetic practices among the Buddha’s disciples ⓘ patriarch in some early Buddhist lineage lists ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| role | principal disciple of Gautama Buddha ⓘ |
| scripturalSource |
Mahāyāna sūtras
ⓘ
Pāli Canon ⓘ
linked to:
the Pali Canon
Āgamas ⓘ |
| spouse | Bhaddā Kāpilānī ⓘ |
| successorOf |
Gautama Buddha (in Chan/Zen patriarchal lists)
ⓘ
linked to:
Zen patriarchs
|
| symbolicRole |
embodiment of strict monastic discipline
ⓘ
transmitter of the Buddha’s robe in Chan/Zen lore ⓘ |
| teacher |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
|
| timePeriod | 6th–5th century BCE ⓘ |
| tradition |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Mahāyāna Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
Theravāda Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
Zen Buddhism ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
patriarch in East Asian Buddhism
ⓘ
saint in Theravāda Buddhism ⓘ |
| vowedCelibacyWith | Bhaddā Kāpilānī ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kassapa Description of subject: Kassapa is another name for Mahākāśyapa, one of the principal disciples of the Buddha renowned for his asceticism and role in early Buddhist monastic leadership.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.