संस्‍कृतशब्‍दकोशः

कश्यप

अदिति और दिती के पति एक ऋषि

a sage, husband of diti and aditi and thus the father of demons and gods

कश्यप

प्रजापति के साथी ऋषिगण

class of divine beings associated with prajapati

तार्क्ष

कश्यप

the sage kasyapa

देवगुरु

कश्यप

kashyap, the father of the gods

Monier–Williams

कश्यप — {kaśyápa} mfn. (fr. {kaśya} + 2. {pa}) having black teeth Comm. on KātyŚr. x, 2, 35##m. a tortoise ({kacchapa}) VS. xxiv, 37 AitBr. ŚBr##a sort of fish W##a kind of deer (cf. {kāśyapa}) L##a class of divine beings associated with Prajāpati AV. TS. VS##({ās}), m. pl. a class of semidivine genī connected with or regulating the course of the sun AV. xiii, 1, 23 TĀr. i, 8 PārGṛ. ii, 9, 13##N. of a mythical Ṛishi AitBr. ŚBr##of an ancient sage VS. AV. &c., (a descendant of Marīci and author of several hymns of the Ṛig-veda RV. AV. ŚBr##he was husband of Aditi and twelve other daughters of Daksha MBh. i, 2598 Mn. ix, 129##by Aditi he was father of the Ādityas [cf. {kāśyapeya}] TS. ŚBr##and of Vivasvat R##and of Vishṇu in his {vāmana avatāra} R. BhP. VP##by his other twelve wives he was father of demons, nāgas, reptiles, birds, and all kinds of living things##from the prominent part ascribed to him in creation he is sometimes called Prajā-pati##he is one of the seven great Ṛishis and priest of Paraśu-rāma and Rāma-candra##he is supposed by some to be a personification of races inhabiting the Caucasus, the Caspian, Kaśmīr, &c.)##a patronymic from Kaśyapa ŚBr##the author of a Dharmaśāstra called Kaśyahôllara-saṃhitā ; the constellation Cancer (cf. Pers. {kashaf}) VP##({ās}), m. pl. the descendants of Kaśyapa AitBr. ĀśvŚr##({ā}), f. a female Ṛishi (authoress of a verse in the White Yajur-veda)