कश्यप

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐɕ.jɐ́.pɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐɕ.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 स्तोमै॒: कश्य॑पउद्व॒र्धय॒न्गिर॑:।
     सोमं॑ नमस्य॒ राजा॑नं॒ यो ज॒ज्ञे वी॒रुधां॒ पति॒रिन्द्रा॑येन्दो॒ परि॑ स्रव॥

     ṛ́ṣe mantrakṛ́tāṃ stómai: káśyapaudvardháyangíra:.
     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