Kashyapa (Hinduism)

Kashyapa statue, Andhra Pradesh

Kashyapa ( Sanskrit कश्यप kaśyapa m. ) Is one of the seven sages ( saptarishi ) in Hinduism .

myth

Kashyapa's parents, according to some Sage sources, are Marichi and Kala. He married twelve daughters of Daksha and is the father of many mythical beings: through Diti he is the father of the Daityas , with Danu he fathered the Danavas , with Kadru the Nagas , with Vinata the bird of the gods Garuda and Aruna , the charioteer of the sun god Surya . According to some sources, through Aditi, he is the father of the Adityas and thus also of gods and humans.

literature

• Hans Wilhelm Haussig (Ed.): Gods and Myths of the Indian Subcontinent (= Dictionary of Mythology . Department 1: The ancient civilized peoples. Volume 5). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-12-909850-X , p. 124.
• Kasyapa . In: John Dowson : A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature. Trübner & co., London 1879, p. 153 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ kaśyapa . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 265, col. 2 .