Kashyapa

Primal progenitor-sage, father of devas, asuras, nagas, and Garuda

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

No parents recorded in the default.

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15: Marīci

  deity by descent in this account.

  • father: MarīciViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15, Wilson translation, Āditya genealogy (primary)
  Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15, Wilson translation, Āditya genealogy (primary)

Children

• Amsha
• Aruna
• Aryaman
• Bhaga
• Garuda
• Hiranyakashipu
• Hiranyaksha
• Mitra
• Sheshanaga

Children in alternative accounts

• Dhuti: Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15: Aditi and KaśyapaViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15, Wilson translation, Āditya genealogy (primary)
• Indra: Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15: Aditi and KaśyapaViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15, Wilson translation, Āditya genealogy (primary)
• Maruts: Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.21: Diti and KaśyapaViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.21.30–41, McComas Taylor translation (2021) (primary)
• Puloman: Padma Purāṇa 1.6: Danu and KaśyapaPadma Purāṇa, Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 1.6.28–34 and 48–53, Deshpande translation (primary)
• Ahirbudhnya (eleven Rudras): Śatarudra: Surabhi and KaśyapaShiva Purana 3.18.24–31, eleven Rudras born to Surabhi and Kashyapa (primary)
• Ajapād (eleven Rudras): Śatarudra: Surabhi and KaśyapaShiva Purana 3.18.24–31, eleven Rudras born to Surabhi and Kashyapa (primary)
• Bhava (eleven Rudras): Śatarudra: Surabhi and KaśyapaShiva Purana 3.18.24–31, eleven Rudras born to Surabhi and Kashyapa (primary)
• Bhīma (eleven Rudras): Śatarudra: Surabhi and KaśyapaShiva Purana 3.18.24–31, eleven Rudras born to Surabhi and Kashyapa (primary)
• Caṇḍa (eleven Rudras): Śatarudra: Surabhi and KaśyapaShiva Purana 3.18.24–31, eleven Rudras born to Surabhi and Kashyapa (primary)
• Kapālin (eleven Rudras): Śatarudra: Surabhi and KaśyapaShiva Purana 3.18.24–31, eleven Rudras born to Surabhi and Kashyapa (primary)
• Piṅgala (eleven Rudras): Śatarudra: Surabhi and KaśyapaShiva Purana 3.18.24–31, eleven Rudras born to Surabhi and Kashyapa (primary)
• Śāstṛ (eleven Rudras): Śatarudra: Surabhi and KaśyapaShiva Purana 3.18.24–31, eleven Rudras born to Surabhi and Kashyapa (primary)
• Śiva (eleven Rudras): Śatarudra: Surabhi and KaśyapaShiva Purana 3.18.24–31, eleven Rudras born to Surabhi and Kashyapa (primary)
• Vilohita (eleven Rudras): Śatarudra: Surabhi and KaśyapaShiva Purana 3.18.24–31, eleven Rudras born to Surabhi and Kashyapa (primary)
• Virūpākṣa (eleven Rudras): Śatarudra: Surabhi and KaśyapaShiva Purana 3.18.24–31, eleven Rudras born to Surabhi and Kashyapa (primary)
• Savitri, the Āditya: Viṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15: Aditi and KaśyapaViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.15, Wilson translation, Āditya genealogy (primary)

Domains

• progenitorship

Powers

• Father gods, demons, serpents, birds, and beasts
• Counts among the seven seers (Saptarshi) who order and people the cosmos

Epithets

• प्रजापति devanagari · Prajāpati'Lord of creatures' — progenitor of all beingsMahābhārata (Ādi Parva); Purāṇic genealogy (primary)
• अरिष्टनेमि Sanskrit · Ariṣṭanemi · epithetHe of the unbroken wheel (a name of Kashyapa-Prajapati)Mahabharata, Adi Parva (primary)

Relations

• spouse: Kadru
• spouse: AditiReciprocal of hindu_aditi.spouse — Daughter of Daksha, wife of Kashyapa, mother of the Adityas.Vishnu Purana 1.15 (Daksha gives his daughters, including Aditi, to Kashyapa) (primary)
• spouse: VinataVinata, mother of Garuda and Aruna, is one of Kashyapa's wives.Mahabharata, Adi Parva 16 (Kashyapa's wives Kadru and Vinata) (primary)
• ancestor of: ArunaAruna already lists Kashyapa as parent; mirrored ancestral note. Father of devas, asuras, nagas.Mahabharata, Adi Parva 16 (Vinata bears Aruna and Garuda to Kashyapa) (primary)
• spouse: DanuPadma Purāṇa, Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 1.6.28–34 and 48–53, Deshpande translation (primary)
• father of: PulomanPadma Purāṇa, Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa 1.6.28–34 and 48–53, Deshpande translation (primary)
• father of: MarutsViṣṇu Purāṇa 1.21.30–41, McComas Taylor translation (2021) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Mahabharata, Adi Parva (primary); Vishnu Purana (primary)