काश्यपि m. (
-पिः)
1. A name of ARUNA.
2. A name of GARUDA the bird of VISHNU.
E. कश्यप the saint, and
इञ् affix of descent, being both sons of KASYAPA.
f. (
-पी) The earth.
E. As before: alluding to a legend from the Puranas, in which PARASURAMA, after the des- truction of the Kshetriya race, and performance of an Aswame- dha, presented the sovereignty of the world to his Guru, KASYARA.