Hastikashyapa, Ჹپ첹śⲹ貹: 3 definitions
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Hastikashyapa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Ჹپ첹śⲹ貹 can be transliterated into English as Hastikasyapa or Hastikashyapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaᲹپ첹śⲹ貹 (हस्तिकश्यप).—A great sage who lived in North India in very olden days. He once met and talked with Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who was doing tapas on the mountains. (Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 139, Verse 11).

The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryᲹپśⲹ貹 (हस्तिकाश्य�):—[=پ-śⲹ貹] [from hasti > hasta] m. Name of a man, [Mahābhārata]
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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