Kashyapa
English
Etymology
Borrowed from
Sanskrit
कश्यप
(
kaśyapa
)
.
Proper noun
Kashyapa
(
Hinduism
)
A revered
Vedic
sage
who is considered to be the author of some of the hymns of the Rigveda; one of the seven Saptarishis; the father of the
Adityas
.