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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 .
Vibhandaka (Sanskrit: विभण्डक, romanized: Vibhāṇḍaka) is a rishi in Hinduism, belonging to the lineage of Sage Kashyapa. His son was Rishyashringa, featured in the epic Ramayana. [1]
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.
In terms of modern scholarship, and according to the existing line of thinking with regard to recorded Indian History, this legend can be interpreted as follows. Vamana represents the arrival of a new foreign tribe into the kingdom of Mahabali. Since Vamana was described as the son of Sage Kashyapa this new tribe could be the Kashyapa tribe ...
Krodhavasha (Sanskrit: क्रोधवशा, IAST: Krodhavaśā) is a wife of the sage Kashyapa [1] in Hindu mythology. She is described to be the mother of Surabhi, [2] and the daughter of Daksha in the Ramayana. [1] She is the mother of a class of asuras known as the Krodhavashas.
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
Diti is usually depicted as being cruel to both her husband Kashyapa, and her sister Aditi. She is obsessed with trying to bring the asuras into power. She is a bitter enemy of Aditi's sons, the devas, and she is instrumental in the asuras gaining control and autonomy over them.
Sage Kashyapa is said to have incarnated as Vasudeva, the father of Krishna, due to a curse of the deities Varuna or Brahma. Once, the sage is said to have performed a yajna (a ritual sacrifice) in his hermitage. Kashyapa sought the help of the god Varuna for the offerings of milk and ghee. Varuna lent the sage a divine cow that would provide ...