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Kashyapa (Sanskrit: कश्यप, IAST: Kaśyapa) is a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism. [1] He is one of the Saptarishis , the seven ancient sages of the Rigveda . Kashyapa is the most ancient and venerated rishi , along with the other Saptarishis, listed in the colophon verse in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad .
Maya, the son of the sage Kashyapa and his wife Danu, was a master architect among the Danavas, renowned for his extraordinary craftsmanship and architectural prowess.. Blessed by Brahma, he became a prominent figure celebrated for constructing magnificent structures for both the Asuras and
Kaṇāda (Sanskrit: कणाद, IAST: Kaṇāda), also known as Ulūka, Kashyapa, Kaṇabhaksha, Kaṇabhuj [1] [2] was an ancient Indian natural scientist and philosopher who founded the Vaisheshika school of Indian philosophy that also represents the earliest Indian physics.
Another tale of Ganesha's birth relates to an incident in which Shiva unknowingly slew Aditya . Shiva restored life to the dead boy, but this could not pacify the outraged sage Kashyapa, who was one of the seven great Rishis. Kashyapa cursed Shiva and declared that Shiva's son would lose his head.
Mayasura is mentioned to be a son of the sage Kashyapa and his wife Danu. [1]Mayasura had befriended a Nāga named Takshaka and lived with him in the area of Khandavaprastha along with his family and friends, but when the Pandavas came there after the partition of Hastinapura, Arjuna burnt the entire forest, forcing Takshaka to flee and killing everyone else.
Generally, Kadru is described as the daughter of Daksha Prajapati and the wife of the sage Maharishi Kashyapa. The Hindu epic Mahabharata, which gives a detailed tale about her, recognizes her as one of Kashyapa's many wives. [3] [4] There is also a view that she was the daughter of Daksha, but it has not been established from Puranic literature.
Kassapa, Kashyapa, or Kasyapa may refer to: Kassapa Buddha, also known as Kāśyapa Buddha, an ancient Buddha; Kashyapa I of Anuradhapura (r. 473–495), king of Sri Lanka; Kashyapa or Kāśyapa, a Vedic Hindu sage Kashyapa Samhita, Ayurveda treatise attributed to him; Kashyap (caste), a caste in India; Kashyap (surname), an Indian surname
The life of Marichi is known more by the account of his descendants, notably by the works of sage Kashyapa. Marichi is then married to Kala, and gave birth to Kashyapa (Kashyapa is also sometimes acknowledged as a Prajapati, who has inherited the right of creation from his father). [ 6 ]