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1. Kashyapa
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Buddha.
Kashyapa
Devanagari कश्यप
SanskritTransliteration kaśy ap a
Affiliation rishis
Consort see "wives of Kashyapa" below
Kashyapa (Sanskrit कश्यप kaśyapa) was an ancient sage (rishi), who is one of
the Saptarishis in the present Manvantara: others
being Atri, Vashistha,Vishvamitra, Jamadagni, Bharadwaja, Gautama.[1]
The seven great Rishis or saptarshis of the first manvantara are Marichi, Atri,
Angiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, and Vashishtha. In other manvantara there are
other sapta-rshi. In the present manvantara the seven are Kashyapa, Atri,
Vashishtha, Vishvamitra, Jamadagni, Bharadvaj. To the Rishi the Vedas were
revealed. Vyasa taught the Rigveda so revealed to Paila, the Yajurveda to
Vaishampayana, the Samaveda to Jaimini, Atharvaveda to Samantu, and Itihasa
and Purana to Suta. The three chief classes of Rishi are the Brah-marshi, born of the
mind of Brahma, the Devarshi of lower rank, and Rajarshi or Kings who became
Rishis through their knowledge and austerities, such as Janaka, Ritaparna, etc. Thc
Shrutarshi are makers of Shastras, as Sushruta. The Kandarshi are of the
Karmakanda, such as Jaimini.
He was also the author of the treatise Kashyapa Samhita, or Jivakiya Tantra, which
is considered a classical reference book on Ayurveda especially in the fields of
Ayurvedic pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics.[2]
It can be safely assumed that there were many Kashyapas and the name indicates a
status and not just one individual.
Wives of Kashyapa
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3. The Prajapati Daksha gave his twenty-three daughters
(Aditi, Diti, Kadru,Danu, Arishta, Surasa, Surabhi, Vinata, Tamra, Krodhavaśā, Idā,
Vishva andMuni[3] in marriage to Kashyapa.[4]
Children of Kashyapa
Main article: Suryavansha
Kashyapa was the father of the devas, nāgas and all of humanity. He married Aditi,
with whom he fathered Agni, the Adityas, and most importantly Lord Vishnu took his
fifth Avatar as Vamana, the son of Aditi, in the seventhManvantara.[5] With his
second wife, Diti, he begot the Daityas. Diti and Aditi were daughters of
King Daksha Prajapati and sisters to Sati, Shiva's consort. Kashapa received the
earth, obtained by Parashurama's conquest of KingKartavirya Arjuna and henceforth,
earth came to be known as "Kashapai".
 His sons from Aditi or Adityas were Aṃśa, Aryaman, Bhaga, Dhatr, Mitra,Pūṣan,
a daughter Bhumidevi, Śakra, Savitṛ, Tvaṣṭṛ, Varuṇa, Viṣṇu,
andSurya or Vivasvat or Vivasvan,[3] who went on to start the Solar
Dynasty(Suryavansha), which later came to be known as Ikshvaku dynasty, after
his great grandson, King Ikshvaku, whose subsequent kings were, Kukshi,
Vikukshi, Bana, Anaranya, Prithu, Trishanku, and finally KingRaghu, who gave it
the name, Raghuvansh (Dynasty of Raghu), and then further leading up to
Lord Ram, the son of Dashrath.[6]
 His sons from Diti were Hiranyakashipu and Hiranyaksha and a daughter
Sinhika, who later became the wife of Viprachitti. Hiranyakashipu had four sons,
Anuhlada, Hlada, Prahlada, and Sanhlada, who further extended the Daityas.[3]
 Garuda and Aruna are the sons of Kashapa from his wife Vinata.[7]
 The Nāgas (serpents) are his sons from Kadru.
 The Danavas are his sons from Danu.
 The Bhagavata Purana states that the Apsaras were born from Kashapa and
Muni.
 Uttar Ramayana says Diti had a son named Maya who was the lord of Daityas.[8]
In the family line of Kashapa, along with him there are two more discoverers
of Mantras: his sons Avatsara and Asita. Two sons of Avatsara, Nidhruva and
Rebha, are also Mantra-seers. In the Manvantara period named 'Svarochisha',
Kashapa was one of the seven sages (saptarishi) for that manvantara.
The Indian valley of Kashmir in the Himalayas is named after him.
Kashapa in Sikhism
In Brahm Avtar composition present in Dasam Granth, Second Scripture of Sikhs,
Guru Gobind Singh mentioned Rishi Kashapa, as second avtar of
Brahma.[9] According to him, Rishi Kashapa had great knowledge of Vedas and
interpreted it very thoughtfully to whole world which bring them internal relief.[10] He
married with four wives, Banita, Kadru, Diti and Aditi and have many children out of
them some remain religious (Deities) and other became irreligious (Demons).[11]