Learn about Kashyap Rishi in this episode of Sages and Sants of Bharat, brought to you by gaathastory.com.  Rishi Kashyap, is the Manasputra of Lord Brahma and father of a remarkable lineage. Through his wives — the daughters of Daksha and others — he became the progenitor of the Devas, Asuras, Nagas, Gandharvas, Yakshas, Danavas and Pishachas, as well as Garuda, Jatayu and Sampati, the monkey warriors Vali and Sugriva, and through Sumati, who married the ocean, the grandfather of Goddess Lakshmi. This prologue to our season sets the stage for the tales to come, for legends such as the Samudra Manthan, the birth of Lakshmi and the enmity between Garuda and the Nagas all trace their origin to Rishi Kashyap.