कश्यप

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐɕ.jɐ́.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐɕ.jɐ.pɐ/

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaćyápas (“turtle, tortoise”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬞𐬀 (kasiiapa), Sogdian (kyšph), Khotanese (khuysaa), Persian کشف (kašaf, “turtle, tortoise”). Related to कच्छप (kacchapa), a later formation.

कश्यप • (kaśyápa) stem, m

1. a tortoise

   Synonym: कूर्म (kūrma)

   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 24.37:

     अ॒न्य॒वा॒पो॒ऽर्धमा॒साना॒मृश्यो॑ म॒यूरः॑ सुप॒र्णस्ते ग॑न्ध॒र्वाणा॑म॒पामु॒द्रो मा॒सां क॒श्यपो॑ रो॒हित्कु॑ण्डृ॒णाची॑ गो॒लत्ति॑का॒ ते॑ऽप्स॒रसां॑ मृ॒त्यवे॑ऽसि॒तः ॥

     anyavāpoʼrdhámāsā́nāmṛ́śyo mayū́raḥ suparṇásté gandharvā́ṇāmapā́mudró māsā́ṃ kaśyápo rohítkuṇḍṛṇā́cī goláttikā tèʼpsarásāṃ mṛtyáveʼsitáḥ.

     The cuckoo belongs to the Half Months; antelope, peacock, eagle, these are the Gandharvas’; the otter belongs to the Months; the tortoise, doe-antelope, iguana, Golathikâ belong to the Apsaras; the black snake belongs to Death.

• ⇒ Classical Sanskrit: कच्छप (kacchapa)
  • Dardic:
    • → Kashmiri:
      • Arabic script: کۆچُو (kocuv)
      • Devanagari script: कॊचुव (kocuv)
      • Sharada script: 𑆑𑆾𑇌𑆖𑆶𑆮 (kocuv)
  • Pali: kacchapa
    • → Lao: ກັດສະປະ (kat sa pa)
    • → Thai: กัจฉปะ (gàt-chà-bpà)
  • Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯 (kacchava), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯𑀻 (kacchavī)
    • Central:
      • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
        • Awadhi: कचुआ (kacuā)
      • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯 (kacchava)
        • ⇒ Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯-𑀕 (*kacchava-ga)
          • Gurjara Apabhramsa:
            • Old Gujarati:
              • Gujarati: કાચબો (kācbo)
              • Malvi: काछबो (kāchbo)
              • Mewari: काछबो (kāchbo)
          • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
            • Hindustani: kachuā, kachwā, kachuī, kachwī
              • Hindi: कछुआ, कछवा, कछुई, कछवी
              • Urdu: کَچُھوا (kachuā), کَچھْوَا (kachvā), کَچھُءَا, کَچھْوَا (kachvā)
    • Eastern:
      • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯 (kacchava)
        • Assamese: কাছ (kaso)
        • Bengali: কচ্ছপ (kocchop), কাছিম (kachim)
        • Bihari:
          • Bhojpuri: कचुआ (kacuā)
          • Maithili: काचु (kācʉ)
        • Odia: କେଛୁ (kechu), କଇଛୋ (kaicho), କେଁଛୂ (kẽchu), କଇଁଛ (kaĩcha), କଇଁଚ (kaĩca), କଛିମ (kachima), କଚିମ (kacima)
    • Northern:
      • Khasa Prakrit:
        • Nepali: कछुवा (kachuwā)
    • Northwestern:
      • Paisaci Prakrit:
        • Takka Apabhramsa:
          • Punjabi: kacchū

            Gurmukhi script: ਕੱਛੂ,

            Shahmukhi script: کَچّھُو,

    • Southern:
      • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯 (kacchava)
        • Konkani: kā̃sav

          Devanagari script: कांसव

          Kannada script: ಕಾಂಸವ್

          Latin script: kansov

        • Marathi: कासव (kāsav)
        • Konkani: kāsavu
          • Devanagari script: कासवु
          • Latin script: kasovu
          • Kannada script: ಕಾಸವು
        • Marathi: कासव (kāsav), कांसव (kāusav)
  • Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀪 (kacchabha), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀳 (kacchaha)
    • Central:
      • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀪 (kacchabha)
    • Eastern:
      • Magadhi Prakrit:
        • Assamese: কাছ (kas)
    • Southern:
      • Helu Prakrit:
        • Dhivehi: ކަހަނބު (kahaᵐbu)
        • Sinhalese: කැසුඹු (kæsuᵐbu), කැසුබු (kæsubu)
    • Western:
      • Sauraseni Prakrit:
        • Gujarati: કાચબો (kācbo), કાચબી (kācbī)
• → Thai: กัศยป (gàt-yóp)

कश्यप • (káśyapa) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) Kashyapa, who is considered to be the author of some of the hymns of the Rigveda; one of the seven Saptarshis; the father of the Adityas.
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.114.2:

     ऋषे॑ मन्त्र॒कृतां॒ स्तोमैः॒ कश्य॑पउद्व॒र्धय॒न्गिरः॑।
     सोमं॑ नमस्य॒ राजा॑नं॒ यो ज॒ज्ञे वी॒रुधां॒ पति॒रिन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव॥

     ṛ́ṣe mantrakṛ́tāṃ stómaiḥ káśyapaudvardháyangíraḥ.
     sómaṃ namasya rā́jānaṃ yó jajñé vīrúdhāṃ pátiríndrāyendo pári srava.

     Ṛṣi Kaśyapa, raising your voice with the praises of the hymn-makers, adore the royal Soma who is born the lord of the growing; flow, Indu, for Indra.

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कश्यप • (kaśyápa) stem

1. having black teeth