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Kashyapa

Also called: Kasyapa

A seer named in the Rigveda (9.114.2) whose name means tortoise. In the Atharvaveda he stands beside or as the creator Prajapati, and in the Vishnu Purana he is the husband of Aditi and father of the twelve Adityas.

Sources: Vedic Mythology, A. A. Macdonell (1897); The Vishnu Purana, tr. H. H. Wilson (1840) · see Kashyapa's web

Relations 5

Kashyapa consort of

  • Diti (God)
    Diti is a wife of Kashyapa.
  • Aditi (God)
    In the Vishnu Purana Aditi, daughter of Daksha, is the wife of Kashyapa.

Kashyapa form of

  • Prajapati (God)
    In the Atharvaveda and later Vedic texts Kashyapa appears beside or as the creator Prajapati.

Kashyapa granted a boon to

Kashyapa parent of

  • The Adityas (God)
    In the Vishnu Purana the twelve Adityas are born to Kashyapa and Aditi.

Stories 5

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