Kashyapa

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  1. 1
    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. Hinduism

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कश्यप (kaśyapa).

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