A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s12.2

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The Kaśyapa of the Kāśyapasaṃhitā is one of a series of authorities of this name. Sanskrit medical literature refers to a Kaśyapa, who is sometimes confused with Kāśyapa. 307 The Kāśyapasaṃhitā designates Kaśyapa with the patronymic Mārīca, in accordance with a tradition, recorded in the epics and the Purāṇas, that Kaśyapa was a son of Marīci. 308 It is, however, the only medical treatise that calls him Prajāpati. 309 A Kaśyapadeva, to be worshipped, along with Aditi, Indrāṇī, and the Aśvins, at the approach of a woman's confinement, is mentioned in the jātisūtrīya chapter (85).