Around the world, Kashyapa (Kashyapa 
) is a rare masculine first name. The first name Kashyapa is characteristic of Southern Asia, particularly Sri Lanka, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and India, where it is an extremely rare dominantly masculine, but seldom female name. Much less frequently, Kashyapa is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Kashyapa | Canada, Malaysia, India, United States, Sri Lanka |
| kashyapa i of anuradhapura Sri Lankan King (b. 448) |
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| kashyapa ganadithya sirinanda Ph.D. University of Melbourne 2015 |
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