Get to know Kashyapa better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning.
Kashyapa in a sentence
Kashyapa meaning
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.
Using Kashyapa
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
Context around Kashyapa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kashyapa
- In this selection, "kashyapa" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, king, buddha, arrived and pura stand out and add context to how "kashyapa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include burn until kashyapa arrived seven and gold and kashyapa his land. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kashyapa" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kashyapa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was Ravana who invited the Kashyapa Buddha to Sri Lanka, say some. (13 words)
Kashyapa-pura, which has been identified with Kaspapyros of Hecataeus (apud Stephanus of Byzantium ) and Kaspatyros of Herodotus (3.102, 4.44). (22 words)
In Buddhist versions the funeral pyre of the Lord Buddha Gautama could not be made to burn until Kashyapa arrived seven days late. (23 words)
Themes The main theme of the novel is preceded, and to some extent juxtaposed with, the story of the life and death of King Kashyapa I of Sri Lanka (fictionalised as King Kalidasa). (33 words)
By that time, the warrior-sage had already given the Brahmins his gold and Kashyapa his land, so all that was left were his body and weapons. (27 words)
In Buddhist versions the funeral pyre of the Lord Buddha Gautama could not be made to burn until Kashyapa arrived seven days late. (23 words)
Example sentences (5)
It was Ravana who invited the Kashyapa Buddha to Sri Lanka, say some.
By that time, the warrior-sage had already given the Brahmins his gold and Kashyapa his land, so all that was left were his body and weapons.
In Buddhist versions the funeral pyre of the Lord Buddha Gautama could not be made to burn until Kashyapa arrived seven days late.
Kashyapa-pura, which has been identified with Kaspapyros of Hecataeus (apud Stephanus of Byzantium ) and Kaspatyros of Herodotus (3.102, 4.44).
Themes The main theme of the novel is preceded, and to some extent juxtaposed with, the story of the life and death of King Kashyapa I of Sri Lanka (fictionalised as King Kalidasa).