කසුප්, n. E of කාශ්‍යප: ascetic, තාපසයා, ජටි ලයා.

කසුප් මුනී, කසුබු මුනි, n. the Rishi Kāsyapa, කාශ්‍යප සෘෂි.

කාශ්‍යප, n. the sage Kāsyapa; also Aruna.

කාශ්‍යපියා, n. Aruna, also Garuda the bird of Vishnu: both were sons of Kāsyapa.

ගරුඩ, n. the bird and vehicle of Vishnu, said to be a combination of man and bird, the son of කාශ්‍යප and his wife මිනතා, and king of birds.

දක්‍ෂයා, n. clever person; name of a son of Brahma. He was called දක්‍ෂ because he sprang into being from the right-hand thumb of his father. He had sixty daughters, Next page Back to the Search Page   |   Back to the DDSA Page Charles Carter: A Sinhalese-English dictionary. Previous page Next page -- 273 -- twenty-seven of whom being married to the moon became the twenty-seven lunar mansions; one, දුර්‍ගා, was married to Siva, and thirteen became wives of කාශ්‍යප.

දනු, n. mother of the demons or Asuras, a daughter of දක්‍ෂ and wife of කාශ්‍යප.

මහ·කාශ්‍යප, n. name of an eminent disciple of Buddha.

මහ·සුප්, n. (fr. මහකසුප්): see මහා කාශ්‍යප.