Kashyapeya, Kāśyapeya: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kāśyapeya can be transliterated into English as Kasyapeya or Kashyapeya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexKāśyapeya (काश्यपेय).—One of the sages who heard the first part (sarga) of the Purāṇa asked Sūta to speak on pratisandhi;1 a gotrakara.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKāśyapeya (काश्यपेय).—
1) An epithet of the twelve Ādityas.
2) Of the sun.
3) Garuḍa.
4) Dāruka; सारथेस्तु रथस्थस्य काश्यपेयस्य विस्मिताः (sārathestu rathasthasya kāśyapeyasya vismitāḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.147.55.
5) Gods and demons.
Derivable forms: kāśyapeyaḥ (काश्यपेयः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāśyapeya (काश्यपेय).—m.
(-yaḥ) The sun. E. kaśyapa the saint, and ḍhak affix of decent, the son of Kasyapa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāśyapeya (काश्यपेय).—i. e. kaśyapa + eya, patron. m. A name of the Ādityas, Mahābhārata 13, 7094; of the sun, 1, 1247.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kāśyapeya (काश्यपेय):—[from kāśyapa] m. a [patronymic] of the twelve Ādityas, [Mahābhārata xiii, 7094]
2) [v.s. ...] of Garuḍa, [Mahābhārata i, 1247]
3) [v.s. ...] of Aruṇa (the sun), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāśyapeya (काश्यपेय):—(yaḥ) 1. m. The sun.
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