Kashyapa is one of the Saptarishis, the seven ancient sages of the Rigveda.
17 Facts About Kashyapa
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Kashyapa is the most ancient and venerated rishi, along with the other Saptarishis, listed in the colophon verse in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.
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Kashyapa is an ancient name, referring to many different personalities in the ancient Hindu and Buddhist texts.
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Kashyapa is credited with composing a few hymns in the Rigveda, mainly in Mandala IX.
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Kashyapa is mentioned in verse 2.2.4 of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, along with Atri, Vashistha, Vishvamitra, Jamadagni, Bharadwaja and Gotama.
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Kashyapa is mentioned as the earliest rishi in colophon verse 6.5.3 of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, one of the oldest Upanishadic scriptures of Hinduism.
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Kashyapa is mentioned in other Vedas and numerous other Vedic texts.
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For example, in one of several cosmology-related hymns of Atharvaveda, Kashyapa is mentioned in the allegory-filled Book XIX:.
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Kashyapa's name appears in Patanjali's ancient bhasya on verse 1.2.64 of Panini.
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Kashyapa's name is very common in the Epic and Purana literature.
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Kashyapa is mentioned in numerous Hindu texts such as the Puranas and the Hindu Epics.
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Some names of the thirteen daughters Kashyapa married in the Hindu text Vishnu Purana are different than the list found in Mahabharata.
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In some Puranas, Kashyapa is said to have drained the Kashmir valley to make it inhabitable.
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Kashyapa married Aditi, with whom he fathered the Adityas, and in two inconsistent versions Vamana, an avatar of Vishnu, is the child of Aditi and Kashyapa.
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Kashyapa then told the sage that the holy cow would be taken back once the Yajna was over.
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Kashyapa did not return the cow to Lord Varuna even after the Yajna was over.
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Kashyapa is revered in the Hindu tradition, and numerous legends and texts composed in the medieval era are reverentially attributed to him in various Hindu traditions.