Upādhyāya, Son of Kāśyapa
Upādhyāya · upa-adhyāya, “the teacher”
Upādhyāya is the first of the ten sons of Kāśyapa and Āryāvatī. The Pratisarga Parva of the Bhavishya Purāṇa tells of him in two places.
In Khaṇḍa 1, Sūta tells Śaunaka that a brāhmaṇa named Kāśyapa came from svargaloka to Brahmāvarta by command of the devas, when a thousand years of Kali had passed. His dharma-patnī was Āryāvatī, and from her he had ten sons: Upādhyāya, Dīkshita, Pāṭhaka, Śukla, Miśra, Agnihotrī, Dvivedī, Trivedī, Pāṇḍya and Caturvedī, with qualities matching their names.
In Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 3, Sūta says that when the first thousand years of Kaliyuga had passed, Devarāṭ Mahendra sent a brāhmaṇa named Kāśyapa to Brahmāvarta, and Āryāvatī, a deva-śakti, joyfully took his hand in marriage. Ten sons were born of her. A damaged footnote verse names them, as far as it can be read: Upādhyāya, Dīkshita, Pāṭhaka, Śukla, Miśra, one name that cannot be read, Dvivedī, Trivedī, Pāṇḍā and Caturvedī, held to have qualities matching their names.
Source: Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 6; Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 3
Sources
- Bhavishya Purāṇa, Pratisarga Parva, Khaṇḍa 1, Chapter 6; Khaṇḍa 4, Chapter 3