As a deity name
Name 329 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
काश्यपी · noun · feminine
पृथ्वी । जमीन · प्रजा — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "काश्यपी" is काश्यप + -ई: काश्यप means "काश्यप प्रजापति के वंश या गोत्र का । कश्यप संबंधी", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "काश्यपी" is काश्यप + -ई: काश्यप means "काश्यप प्रजापति के वंश या गोत्र का । कश्यप संबंधी", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "काश्यपी" is काश्यप + -ई: काश्यप means "काश्यप प्रजापति के वंश या गोत्र का । कश्यप संबंधी", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a female descendant of Kaśyapa
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kāśyapī" is the nominative of "kāśyapin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kāśyapī" is the nominative dual of "kāśyapi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kāśyapī" is the feminine form of "kāśyapa" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
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Dictionary citations
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.
kāśyapī (f. of kāśyapa, q.v.)
kāśyapin m. pl. the school of Kāśyapa, Pāṇ. iv, 3, 103.
N. of Tārkṣya, Kathās. xc, 110
N. of Garuḍa, L.
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˚)
Alternative readings
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