As a Hindi name
काश्यपि · noun · masculine
अरुण, जो गरुड़ के बड़े भाई कहे गए हैं · गरुड़ (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
1 A name of ARUṆA. 2 A name of GARUḌA, the bird of VIṢṆU. E. kaśyapa the saint, and iñ affix of descent, being both sons of KAŚYAPA. (-pī) The earth. E. as before; alluding to a le…
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kāśyapi" is the vocative of "kāśyapin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kāśyapi" is the vocative of "kāśyapī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
N. of Tārkṣya, Kathās. xc, 110
N. of Garuḍa, L.
N. of Aruṇa, L.
kāśyapi m. (-piḥ) 1 A name of ARUṆA. 2 A name of GARUḌA, the bird of VIṢṆU. E. kaśyapa the saint, and iñ affix of descent, being both sons of KAŚYAPA. f. (-pī) The earth. E. as before; alluding to a legend from the Purāṇas, in which [Page220] PARAŚURĀMA, after the destruction of the Kṣatriya race, and performance of an Aśvamedha, presented the sovereignty of the world to his Guru, KAŚYAPA.
kāśyapin m. pl. the school of Kāśyapa, Pāṇ. iv, 3, 103.
kāśyapī f. a female descendant of Kaśyapa, VarBṛS.
the earth (according to a legend of the Purāṇas, Paraśu-rāma, after the destruction of the Kṣatriya race and the performance of an Aśvamedha sacrifice, presented the sovereignty of the earth to Kaśyapa), MBh. viii, 3164; Hcar.
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