Kashyapa: razlika između inačica

Prema [[Hinduizam|hinduističkoj]] mitologiji, '''Kashyapa''' [Kašjapa] (''Kaśyapa'') bio je drevni indijski mudrac, koji je spomenut u mnogim hinduističkim spisima.<ref name="Holdrege2012p229">{{cite book |author=Barbara A. Holdrege |title=Veda and Torah: Transcending the Textuality of Scripture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YlvikndgEmIC |year=2012 |publisher=State University of New York Press |isbn=978-1-4384-0695-4 |pages=229–230, 692}}</ref><ref name="Holdrege2012p239">{{cite book |author=Barbara A. Holdrege| |title=Veda and Torah: Transcending the Textuality of Scripture |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YlvikndgEmIC |year=2012 |publisher= State University of New York Press |isbn=978-1-4384-0695-4 |pages=239–244}}</ref><ref name="Dalal2010p200">{{cite book |author=Roshen Dalal |title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=DH0vmD8ghdMC| |year=2010 |publisher= Penguin Books| |isbn=978-0-14-341421-6 |pages=200–201}}</ref> Njegovo ime na sanskrtu znači „kornjača” te je — prema [[Michael Witzel|Michaelu Witzelu]] — povezano sas [[Avestički jezik|avestičkom]] riječju ''kasiiapa'' i perzijskom riječju ''kašaf''. Možda je [[Kašmir]] dobio ime po Kashyapi.<ref>Christopher Snedden (2015). ''Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris''. Oxford University Press. str. 22–23. {{ISBN|978-1-84904-621-3}}.</ref> U starogrčkim tekstovima, Kašmir je poznat kao Kasperia.