English Explanatory Dictionary

Kashyapa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A revered Vedic sage who is considered to be the author of some of the hymns of the Rigveda; one of the seven Saptarishis; the father of the Adityas.

Word forms

Kashyapa

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कश्यप (kaśyapa).

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