11-19-2005, 09:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-19-2005, 09:27 PM by Hauma Hamiddha.)
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Kashyapa. Is this the same Sage Kashyap from whom the Kashyap gotra gets its name
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Yes- the same kashyapa of the kAshyapa gotra. Only that in the purANas the R^ishi kashyapa was transposed from being a mere mortal (martya) of the vedas to a mythic patriarch of all beings.
The daitya line from kashyapa goes thus:
kashyapa X diti -> hirANyakashipu -> prahlAda -> virochana -> bali->bANa.
-hirANyakashipu was killed by viShNu as nR^isiMha
-prahlAda was thrown down by kArttikeya in the contest of pulling the spear and killed by indra
-virochana was killed by indra
-bali was crushed by the 3rd step of viShNu and sent to pAtAla. Subsequently he killed by indra.
(Some hindu traditions believe that he is an immortal asura).
-bANA is supposed to have had 1000 arms and all but two of them were chopped off by kR^iShNa devakIputra
Kashyapa. Is this the same Sage Kashyap from whom the Kashyap gotra gets its name
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Yes- the same kashyapa of the kAshyapa gotra. Only that in the purANas the R^ishi kashyapa was transposed from being a mere mortal (martya) of the vedas to a mythic patriarch of all beings.
The daitya line from kashyapa goes thus:
kashyapa X diti -> hirANyakashipu -> prahlAda -> virochana -> bali->bANa.
-hirANyakashipu was killed by viShNu as nR^isiMha
-prahlAda was thrown down by kArttikeya in the contest of pulling the spear and killed by indra
-virochana was killed by indra
-bali was crushed by the 3rd step of viShNu and sent to pAtAla. Subsequently he killed by indra.
(Some hindu traditions believe that he is an immortal asura).
-bANA is supposed to have had 1000 arms and all but two of them were chopped off by kR^iShNa devakIputra