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Kashyapa (Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 ????? kasyapa) was an ancient sage (rishi
Rishi

A rishi denotes a poet-sage through whom the Vedic hymns flowed, credited also as divine scribes. According to post-Vedic tradition the rishi is a "seer" or "shaman" to whom the Vedas were "originally revealed" through states of higher consciousness....
s), who was one of the Saptarshis
Saptarshi

The Saptarshi are the seven rishis who are extolled at many places in the Vedas and Hindu literature. The Vedic Samhitas never actually enumerate these rishis by name, though later Vedic texts such as the Brahmanas and Upanisads do so....
 in the present Manvantara
Manvantara

Manvantara or Manuvantara , or age of a Manu , the Hindu progenitor of mankind, is an astronomical period of time measurement. Manvantara is a Sanskrit Sandhi, a combination of words manu and antara, manu-antara or manvantara, literally meaning the duration of a Manu, or his life span ....
; with others being Atri
Atri

Attri and Atri is the one and same thingIn Hinduism, Attri is a legendary bard and scholar, and a son of Brahma , and one of the Saptarishis in the seventh, i.e the present Manvantara .....
, Vashishtha, Vishvamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni
Jamadagni

Jamadagni, was one of the Saptarishis in the seventh, i.e the present Manvantara . He was a descendant of the sage Bhrigu, one of the Prajapatis cretaed by Brahma, the God of Creation....
, Bharadvaja

He was the father of the Deva
Deva (Hinduism)

Deva is the Sanskrit word for "god, deity". It can be variously interpreted as a god, spirit, demi-god, Celestial, deity or any supernatural being of high excellence....
s, Asura
Asura

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s, Naga
Naga

Naga may refer to:* Naga, a group of serpent deities in Hindu and Buddhist mythology....
s and all of human
Human

A human being, also human or man, is a member of a species of bipedalism primates in the family Hominidae . Mitochondrial DNA evidence indicates that modern humans originated in east Africa about 200,000 years ago....
ity. He is married to Aditi
Aditi

Aditi [from a without + diti bound from the verbal root da to bind] boundless, free; as a noun, infinite and shoreless expanse. In the Vedas, Aditi is Devamatri as from and in her cosmic matrix all the heavenly bodies were born....
, with whom he is the father of Agni
Agni

Agni is a Hindu and Rigvedic deities. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" , cognate with Latin ignis , Russian ????? , Polish "ogien," Lithuanian - ugnis - all with the meaning 'fire' -, with the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root being h1?gni-....
, the Aditya
Aditya

In Hinduism, the s are a group of Devas or celestial gods, the sons of Aditi and Kashyapa....
s, and most importantly Lord Vishnu
Vishnu

Vishnu , , is the Supreme God in Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of panchadeva, and his supreme status is declared in the Hindu sacred texts like Yajurveda, the Rigveda and the Bhagavad Gita....
 took his fifth avtar as Vamana
Vamana

Vamana is a personality described in the Puranic texts of Hinduism as the Fifth Avatara of Vishnu, and the first incarnation of the Second Age, or Yuga....
, as the son of Aditi, in the seventh Manvantara
Manvantara

Manvantara or Manuvantara , or age of a Manu , the Hindu progenitor of mankind, is an astronomical period of time measurement. Manvantara is a Sanskrit Sandhi, a combination of words manu and antara, manu-antara or manvantara, literally meaning the duration of a Manu, or his life span ....
 . With his second wife, Diti
Diti

In Hinduism, Diti is an earth goddess and mother of the Maruts with Rudra. She wanted to have a son who would be more powerful than Indra and so she practiced Magic and kept herself pregnant for one year ....
, he begot the Daitya
Daitya

In Hinduism, the Daityas were the children of Diti and the sage Kashyapa. They were a race of giant who fought against the gods because they were jealous of their deva half-brothers....
s.






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Kashyapa (Sanskrit
Sanskrit

Sanskrit is a historical Indo-Aryan language, one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and Buddhism, and one of the 22 official languages of India....
 ????? kasyapa) was an ancient sage (rishi
Rishi

A rishi denotes a poet-sage through whom the Vedic hymns flowed, credited also as divine scribes. According to post-Vedic tradition the rishi is a "seer" or "shaman" to whom the Vedas were "originally revealed" through states of higher consciousness....
s), who was one of the Saptarshis
Saptarshi

The Saptarshi are the seven rishis who are extolled at many places in the Vedas and Hindu literature. The Vedic Samhitas never actually enumerate these rishis by name, though later Vedic texts such as the Brahmanas and Upanisads do so....
 in the present Manvantara
Manvantara

Manvantara or Manuvantara , or age of a Manu , the Hindu progenitor of mankind, is an astronomical period of time measurement. Manvantara is a Sanskrit Sandhi, a combination of words manu and antara, manu-antara or manvantara, literally meaning the duration of a Manu, or his life span ....
; with others being Atri
Atri

Attri and Atri is the one and same thingIn Hinduism, Attri is a legendary bard and scholar, and a son of Brahma , and one of the Saptarishis in the seventh, i.e the present Manvantara .....
, Vashishtha, Vishvamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni
Jamadagni

Jamadagni, was one of the Saptarishis in the seventh, i.e the present Manvantara . He was a descendant of the sage Bhrigu, one of the Prajapatis cretaed by Brahma, the God of Creation....
, Bharadvaja

He was the father of the Deva
Deva (Hinduism)

Deva is the Sanskrit word for "god, deity". It can be variously interpreted as a god, spirit, demi-god, Celestial, deity or any supernatural being of high excellence....
s, Asura
Asura

Sorry, no overview for this topic
s, Naga
Naga

Naga may refer to:* Naga, a group of serpent deities in Hindu and Buddhist mythology....
s and all of human
Human

A human being, also human or man, is a member of a species of bipedalism primates in the family Hominidae . Mitochondrial DNA evidence indicates that modern humans originated in east Africa about 200,000 years ago....
ity. He is married to Aditi
Aditi

Aditi [from a without + diti bound from the verbal root da to bind] boundless, free; as a noun, infinite and shoreless expanse. In the Vedas, Aditi is Devamatri as from and in her cosmic matrix all the heavenly bodies were born....
, with whom he is the father of Agni
Agni

Agni is a Hindu and Rigvedic deities. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" , cognate with Latin ignis , Russian ????? , Polish "ogien," Lithuanian - ugnis - all with the meaning 'fire' -, with the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European root being h1?gni-....
, the Aditya
Aditya

In Hinduism, the s are a group of Devas or celestial gods, the sons of Aditi and Kashyapa....
s, and most importantly Lord Vishnu
Vishnu

Vishnu , , is the Supreme God in Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of panchadeva, and his supreme status is declared in the Hindu sacred texts like Yajurveda, the Rigveda and the Bhagavad Gita....
 took his fifth avtar as Vamana
Vamana

Vamana is a personality described in the Puranic texts of Hinduism as the Fifth Avatara of Vishnu, and the first incarnation of the Second Age, or Yuga....
, as the son of Aditi, in the seventh Manvantara
Manvantara

Manvantara or Manuvantara , or age of a Manu , the Hindu progenitor of mankind, is an astronomical period of time measurement. Manvantara is a Sanskrit Sandhi, a combination of words manu and antara, manu-antara or manvantara, literally meaning the duration of a Manu, or his life span ....
 . With his second wife, Diti
Diti

In Hinduism, Diti is an earth goddess and mother of the Maruts with Rudra. She wanted to have a son who would be more powerful than Indra and so she practiced Magic and kept herself pregnant for one year ....
, he begot the Daitya
Daitya

In Hinduism, the Daityas were the children of Diti and the sage Kashyapa. They were a race of giant who fought against the gods because they were jealous of their deva half-brothers....
s. Diti and Aditi were daughters of King Daksha
Daksha

In Hinduism, Daksha, "the skilled one", is an ancient creator god, one of the Prajapatis, the Rishis and the Adityas, and a son of Aditi and Brahma ....
 Prajapati and sisters to Sati
Dakshayani

Sati or Dakshayani is a Hinduism goddess of marital felicity and longevity; she is worshipped particularly by Hindu women to seek the long life of their husbands....
, Shiva
Shiva

Shiva: is a major Hinduism god, and one aspect of Trimurti. In the Shaiva tradition of Hinduism, Shiva is seen as the supreme God. In the Smarta tradition, he is one of panchadeva....
's consort. Kashyapa received the earth, obtained by Parashurama
Parashurama

Parashurama , a Brahmin, the sixth avatar of Vishnu, belongs to the Treta yuga, and is the son of Jamadagni and Renuka. Parashu means axe, hence his name literally means Rama-of-the-axe....
's conquest of King Kartavirya Arjuna
Kartavirya Arjuna

Kartavirya Arjuna , was a legendary king of an ancient kingdom during the Ramayana period with capital at Mahishamati which is on the banks of Narmada River in the current state of Madhya Pradesh....
 and henceforth, earth came to be known as "Kashyapi".

He was also the author of the treatise Kashyap Samhita
Kashyap Samhita

Kashyap Samhita , also known as Braddha Jivakiya Tantra, is an important treatise on Ayurveda medicine written in History of India by the sage Kashyap, since it is suffixed as a Samhita which means means "Compilation of Knowledge", he was probably one of the first compilers of the ancient knowledge ....
, or Braddha Jivakiya Tantra, which is considered, a classical reference book on Ayurveda
Ayurveda

Ayurveda is a system of traditional medicine native to India, and practiced in other parts of the world as a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, the word Ayurveda comprises the words , meaning 'life' and , meaning 'science'....
  especially in the fields of Ayurvedic Pediatrics, Gynecology & Obstetrics . It can be safely assumed that there were many Kashyapas and the name indicates a status and not just one individual.

Birth and Lineage of Kashyapa


He is the son of Marichi
Marichi

Rishi Marichi or Mareechi is the son of Brahma, the cosmic creator, and also one of the Saptarshi , in the First Manvantara, with others being Atri, Angiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, and Vashishtha ....
, one of the ten sons (Maanasa-putras) of the Creator Brahma
Brahma

Brahma is the Hinduism god of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva. He is not to be confused with the Supreme Cosmic Spirit in Hindu Vedanta philosophy known as Brahman....
. The Prajapati Daksha
Daksha

In Hinduism, Daksha, "the skilled one", is an ancient creator god, one of the Prajapatis, the Rishis and the Adityas, and a son of Aditi and Brahma ....
 gave his thirteen daughters (Aditi
Aditi

Aditi [from a without + diti bound from the verbal root da to bind] boundless, free; as a noun, infinite and shoreless expanse. In the Vedas, Aditi is Devamatri as from and in her cosmic matrix all the heavenly bodies were born....
, Diti
Diti

In Hinduism, Diti is an earth goddess and mother of the Maruts with Rudra. She wanted to have a son who would be more powerful than Indra and so she practiced Magic and kept herself pregnant for one year ....
, Kadru
Kadru

In the mythology of India, Kadru , is usually the daughter of Daksha, wife of Kashyapa, and the mother of the Naga s. This is according to the Mahabharata ....
, Danu
Danú

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, Arishta, Surasa, Surabhi, Vinata
Vinata

Vinata . One of the thirteen daughters of Prajapati Daksha. Married to Kashyapa along with her 12 sisters. She bore him two sons, named Aru?a and Garuda....
, Tamra, Krodhavasa, Ida, Khasa and Muni in marriage to Kashyapa.

  • His sons from Aditi
    Aditi

    Aditi [from a without + diti bound from the verbal root da to bind] boundless, free; as a noun, infinite and shoreless expanse. In the Vedas, Aditi is Devamatri as from and in her cosmic matrix all the heavenly bodies were born....
     or Adityas
    Aditya

    In Hinduism, the s are a group of Devas or celestial gods, the sons of Aditi and Kashyapa....
     (Sons of Aditi) were,
    Ansa

    Ansa or ANSA can refer to any of the following:* Ansa , 8th century, wife of Desiderius, king of the Lombards* Ansa or in Hinduism, a solar deity and one of the Adityas....
    , Aryaman
    Aryaman

    Aryaman is one of the early Vedic deities . His name signifies "bosom friend," but is literally "noble one". He is an Aditya, a solar deity. He is supposed to be the chief of the manes and the Milky Way is supposed to be his path....
    , Bhaga
    Bhaga

    Sanskrit is a term for "lord, patron", but also for "wealth, prosperity". The cognate term in Avestan and Old Persian is ', of uncertain meaning but used in a sense in which "lord, patron" might also apply....
    , Dhuti, Mitra
    Mitra (Vedic)

    This article is about the Rigvedic deities Mitra. For other divinities with related names, see the general article Mitra.Mitra was an important divinity of Indo-Aryans culture, descended, together with the Zoroastrian yazata Mithra, from a common Proto-Indo-Iranian deity *Mitra, a god of the oath....
    ,
    Pushan

    For the port city in Korea, see PusanPushan, also known as Puchan, is the Hindu god of meeting. Puchan was responsible for marriages, Travels, roads, and the feeding of cattle....
    , Sakra
    Sakra

    For the Belgian publisher see Sakka .Sakra or Sakka is a name of a deity mentioned in Historical Vedic religion, Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism....
    ,
    Savitar

    Savitar may refer to:*Savitar , a supervillain published by DC Comics*Savitar, a character from Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark-Hunter series...
    ,
    Tvastar

    In Historical Vedic religion, Tvastr is the "heavenly builder", the maker of divine implements, especially Indra's vajra. He is the former of the bodies of men and animals, and therefore called "firstborn" and invoked when desiring offspring, called garbha-pati "lord of the womb"....
    ,
    Varuna

    In Historical Vedic religion, Varuna or Waruna is a god of the sky, of waters and of the celestial ocean, as well as a god of law and of the underworld....
    ,
    Vishnu

    Vishnu , , is the Supreme God in Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of panchadeva, and his supreme status is declared in the Hindu sacred texts like Yajurveda, the Rigveda and the Bhagavad Gita....
    , and Vivasvat or Vivasvan
    Vivasvan

    In Hindu mythology, Vivasvan or Vaivasvata is the father of one of the 14 Manu s, the Sraddhadeva Manu or Vaivasvata Manu , who is considered the progenitor of the current Manvantara, which is the 7th of the 14 that make up the current Kalpa, each Kalpa making up a day of Brahma....
     , who went on to start the Solar Dynasty
    Solar Dynasty

    Solar Dynasty can refer to:* The Sun Dynasty* Surya...
     (Suryavansha), which later came to be known as Ikshvaku dynasty
    Ikshvaku dynasty

    Ikshvaku dynasty was a dynasty founded by Ikshvaku, grandson of Vivasvan or Surya and son of Manu . This dynasty is also known as Suryavansha . The supreme perceptor of the Ikshvaku dynasty is Sage Vashishta....
    , after his great grandson, King Ikshvaku
    Ikshvaku

    Ikshvaku was the first king of the Ikshvaku dynasty and founder of the Solar Dynasty of Kshatriyas in Vedic civilization in ancient India....
    , whose subsequent kings were, Kukshi, Vikukshi, Bana, Anaranya, Prithu, Trishanku, and finally King Raghu
    Raghu

    Emperor Raghu was a valorous king of the Ikshvaku dynasty. The name in Sanskrit translates to the fast one, deriving from Raghu's chariot driving abilities....
    , who gave it the name, Raghuvansha (Dynasty of Raghu), and then further leading up to Lord Rama
    RAMA

    Rama is a first-person adventure game developed and published by Sierra Entertainment in 1996. The game is based on Arthur C. Clarke's books Rendezvous with Rama and Rama II and supports both DOS and Microsoft Windows 95....
    , the son of Dashratha .


  • His sons from Diti
    Diti

    In Hinduism, Diti is an earth goddess and mother of the Maruts with Rudra. She wanted to have a son who would be more powerful than Indra and so she practiced Magic and kept herself pregnant for one year ....
     were, Hiranyakashipu
    Hiranyakashipu

    Hiranyakashipu [golden-haired] is an Asura from the Puranic scriptures of Hinduism. The Puranas describe Hiranyakashipu as a King pre-ancient Dravida in India....
     and Hiranyaksha
    Hiranyaksha

    In Hinduism, Hiranyaksha [golden-eyed] was an Asura of pre-ancient India and the son of Diti and Kashyapa. He was slain by Lord Vishnu after he took the Earth to the bottom of what has been described as the "Cosmic Ocean"....
     and a daughter Sinka, who later became the wife of Viprachitti. Hiranyakashipu
    Hiranyakashipu

    Hiranyakashipu [golden-haired] is an Asura from the Puranic scriptures of Hinduism. The Puranas describe Hiranyakashipu as a King pre-ancient Dravida in India....
     had four sons, Anuhlada, Hlada, Prahlada
    Prahlada

    Prahlada is a character from the Puranic texts of Hinduism, wherein he is famed for his exclusive devotion to Vishnu, despite attempts in the story by his father, Hiranyakashipu to turn him to the contrary....
    , and Sanhlada, who further extended the Daitya
    Daitya

    In Hinduism, the Daityas were the children of Diti and the sage Kashyapa. They were a race of giant who fought against the gods because they were jealous of their deva half-brothers....
    s .


  • Garuda
    Garuda

    The Garuda is a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hinduism and Buddhism mythology.Garuda is the Hindu name for the constellation Aquila and the Brahminy kite is considered to be the contemporary representation of Garuda...
     and Aruna
    Aruna

    Aru?? According to Hindu mythology and Hinduism Hindu scriptures, Aru?? or Aru? refers to reddish glow of the rising Sun. Aru?? literally means redness of the rising Sun or "rising sun", which is believed to have spiritual powers....
     are the sons of Kashyapa from his wife, Vinata
    Vinata

    Vinata . One of the thirteen daughters of Prajapati Daksha. Married to Kashyapa along with her 12 sisters. She bore him two sons, named Aru?a and Garuda....
     
  • The Naga
    Naga

    Naga may refer to:* Naga, a group of serpent deities in Hindu and Buddhist mythology....
    s (serpents) are his sons from Kadru.
  • The Danavas are his sons from Danu.
  • The Bhagavata Purana states that the Apsaras were born from Kashyap and Muni.


In the family line of Kashyapa, along with him there are two more discoverers of Mantras, namely, his sons Avatsara and Asita. Two sons of Avatsara, namely, Nidhruva and Rebha, are also Mantra-seers. Asita had a son named Shandila, from whom the famous Shandilya family line (Gotra
Gotra

A Gotra is the lineage or clan assigned to a Hindu at birth. In most cases, the system is patrilineal and the gotra assigned is that of the person's father....
) started.

In the Manvantara
Manvantara

Manvantara or Manuvantara , or age of a Manu , the Hindu progenitor of mankind, is an astronomical period of time measurement. Manvantara is a Sanskrit Sandhi, a combination of words manu and antara, manu-antara or manvantara, literally meaning the duration of a Manu, or his life span ....
 period named 'Svarochisha', Kashyapa was one of the seven Sages for that manvantara. The India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
n valley of Kashmir
Kashmir

Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" referred only to the valley lying between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal range; since then, it has been used for a larger area that today includes the Indian administerd state of Jammu and Kashmir consisting of the Kashmir...
 in the himalayas
Himalayas

The Himalaya Range or Himalayas for short , meaning "abode of snow" ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau....
 is named after him. Legend states that the vale of Kashmir was a vast high altitude lake which was drained by Kashyap rishi, out of which the beautiful valley of Kashmir emerged, hence the name Kashyapmira which corrupted overtime to become Kashmir.

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