As a Hindi name
काश्यप · adj
काश्यप प्रजापति के वंश या गोत्र का । कश्यप संबंधी · जैनमतानुसार महास्वामी के गोत्र का — Śabdasāgara
काश्यप · noun · masculine
बौद्धमतानुसार एक बुद्ध जो गौतम बुद्ध से पहले हुए थे · रामचंद्र की सभा के एक सभासद · कणाद मुनि (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
belonging to Kaśyapa, relating to or connected with him (e.g. kāśyapī devī, the earth, see kāśyapī below), &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
kāśyapa mf(ī)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.
Alternative readings
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