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Kyapya
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Kyapya (Sanskrit; Pali: Kassapiy or Kassapik; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: yngung-b) was one of the early Buddhist schools in India.

Contents
1 Etymology 2 History 3 Appearance 4 Doctrines 5 Texts 6 References 7 Sources

Early Buddhism
Scriptures
Gandhran texts gamas Pali Canon

Councils
1st Council 2nd Council 3rd Council 4th Council

Etymology
The name Kyapya is believed to be derived from Kyapa, one of the original missionaries sent by King Ashoka to the Himavant country. The Kyapyas were also called the Haimavatas.[1]
First Sangha Mahsghika Ekavyvahrika Lokottaravda Bahurutya Prajaptivda Caitika Sthaviravda Mahsaka Dharmaguptaka Kyapya Sarvstivda Vibhajyavda Theravda

Schools

History
The Kyapyas are believed to have become an independent school ca. 190 BCE.[2] According to the Theravadin Mahvasa, the Kyapya were an offshoot of the Sarvstivda.[3] However, according to the Mahsghika account, the Kyapya sect descended from the Vibhajyavdins.[4]

Xuanzang and Yijing note small fragments of the Kyapya view talk edit (//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Early_Buddhism&action=edit) sect still in existence around the 7th century, suggesting that much of the sect may have adopted the Mahyna teachings by this time.[5] In the 7th century CE, Yijing grouped the Mahsaka, Dharmaguptaka, and Kyapya together as sub-sects of the Sarvstivda, and stated that these three groups were not prevalent in the "five parts of India," but were located in the some parts of Oiyna, Khotan, and Kucha.[6]

Appearance
Between 148 and 170 CE, the Parthian monk An Shigao came to China and translated a work which describes the color of monastic robes (Skt. kya) utitized in five major Indian Buddhist sects, called Da Biqiu Sanqian Weiyi (Ch. ).[7] Another text translated at a later date, the ariputraparipcch, contains a very similar passage corroborating this information.[7] In both sources, members of the Kyapya sect are described as wearing magnolia robes.[8][9] The relevant portion of the Mahsghika ariputraparipcch reads, "The Kyapya school are diligent and energetic in guarding sentient beings. They wear magnolia robes."[9]

Doctrines
In Vasumitra's history Samayabhedoparacanacakra, the Haimavatas (Kyapya sect) are described as an eclectic school upholding doctrines of both the Sthaviras and the Mahsghikas.[10] According to the Kathvatthu commentary, the Kyapyas believed that past events exist in the present in some form.[11] According to A.K. Warder, the Kyapya school held the doctrine that arhats were fallible and imperfect, similar to the view of the Sarvstivdins and the various Mahsghika sects.[1] They held that arhats have not fully eliminated desires, that their "perfection" is incomplete, and that it is possible for them to relapse.[1]

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Texts
Some tentatively attribute the Gndhr Dharmapada to the Kyapya school.[12] An incomplete translation of the Sayukta gama (T. 100) that is in the Chinese Buddhist canon is believed to be that of the Kyapya sect.[13] This text is different from the complete version of the Sayukta gama (T. 99), which came from the Sarvstivda sect.

References
1. ^ a b c Warder, A.K. Indian Buddhism. 2000. p. 277 2. ^ Warder (1970/2004), p. 277. 3. ^ See, e.g., Mahvasa (trans., Geiger, 1912), ch. 5, "The Third Council," retrieved 27 Nov 2008 from "Lakdiva" at http://lakdiva.org /mahavamsa/chap005.html. 4. ^ Baruah, Bibhuti. Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 51 5. ^ Baruah, Bibhuti. Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 52 6. ^ Yijing. Li Rongxi (translator). Buddhist Monastic Traditions of Southern Asia. 2000. p. 19 7. ^ a b Hino, Shoun. Three Mountains and Seven Rivers. 2004. p. 55 8. ^ Hino, Shoun. Three Mountains and Seven Rivers. 2004. pp. 55-56 9. ^ a b Bhikku Sujato. Sects & Sectarianism: The Origins of Buddhist Schools. Santi Forest Monastery, 2006. p. i 10. ^ Baruah, Bibhuti. Buddhist Sects and Sectarianism. 2008. p. 54 11. ^ Malalasekera (2003), p. 556, entry for "Kassapiy, Kassapik" (retrieved 27 Nov 2008 from "Google Books" at http://books.google.com /books?id=LEn9i9pnRHEC&pg=PA556&lpg=PA556&dq=Kassapiya&source=bl&ots=5Yok7NZCEu& sig=963iBUcouWirVo7UT4zgpWigqJc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA556,M1). 12. ^ See, e.g., Brough (2001), pp. 4445: ... We can with reasonable confidence say that the Gndhr text did not belong to the schools responsible for the Pali Dhammapada, the Udnavarga, and the Mahvastu; and unless we are prepared to dispute the attribution of any of these, this excludes the Sarvstivdins and the Lokottaravda-Mahsnghikas, as well as the Theravdins (and probably, in company with the last, the Mahsakas). Among possible claimants, the Dharmaguptakas and Kyapyas must be considered as eligible, but still other possibilities cannot be ruled out. 13. ^ Warder, A.K. Indian Buddhism. 2000. p. 6

Sources
Brough, John (2001). The Gndhr Dharmapada. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Private Limited. Geiger, Wilhelm (trans.), assisted by Mabel H. Bode (1912). The Great Chronicle of Ceylon. Pali Text Society. ISBN 08-601-3001-0. Retrieved 27 Nov 2008 from "Lakdiva" at http://lakdiva.org/mahavamsa/. Malalasekera, G.P. (2003). Dictionary of Pali Proper Names. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 81-206-1823-8. Warder, A.K. (1970/2004). Indian Buddhism. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 81-208-1741-9. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kyapya&oldid=531406077" Categories: Early Buddhist schools

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