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kāśyapa

kā́śyapa mf(I)n. belonging to Kaśyapa, relating to or connected with him (e.g. kāśyapī devī, the earth, [Hariv. 10645]; see kāśyapī below), [MBh.] &c.

(g. bidādi) a patr. fr. Kaśyapa (designating an old grammarian [[VPrāt.]; [Pāṇ. viii, 4, 67]] and many other persons, including some, whose family-name was unknown [Comm. on [KātyŚr.]]; many subdivisions of Kāśyapa families are known, e.g. urubilvā-k°, gayā-k°, daśabala-k°, nadī-k°, mahā-k°, hasti-k°)

N. of Aruṇa (the sun), [VP. iii, 12, 41]

of Viṣṇu, [L.]

a sort of deer, [L.]

a fish, [L.]

N. of a Buddha, [Inscr.]

kā́śyapa n. N. of different Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]