bka' brgyud chung brgyad
བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་ཆུང་བརྒྱད།
the eight lesser Kagyu schools. (RY)
the Eight Smaller Kagyu Schools, they are the 'bri gung bka' brgyud founded by Drigung Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon (1143-1217), stag lung bka' brgyud founded by Taglung Thangpa Tashi Pal (1142-1210), khro phu bka' brgyud founded by Gyal Tsha (1118-1195) and Kunden Repa (1148-1217), 'brug pa bka' brgyud founded by Lingje Repa Pema Dorje (1128-1188) and Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje (1161-1211), smar pa bka' brgyud founded by Marpa Drubthob Sherab Senge (no dates available), tshal pa bka' brgyud founded by Drubthob Yeshe Tsegpa (no dates available), g.ya' bzang bka' brgyud founded by Sharawa Kalden Yeshe Senge (died 1207) and shug gseb bka' brgyud founded by Gyergom Chenpo. (no dates available).[tsd]
the 8 lesser kagyu schools. (IW)