Editing Kurma (section)

=== Samaveda ===
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|[[Panchavimsha Brahmana|Pancavimsa Brahmana]]
|15.5.30<ref name=":41">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/PancavimsaBrahmanaEnglishTransaltionWCaland1931bis_201804|title=Pancavimsa Brahmana English|last=Dr. Narinder Sharma|pages=[https://archive.org/details/PancavimsaBrahmanaEnglishTransaltionWCaland1931bis_201804/page/n446 407]|language=en}}</ref>
|This verse is in regards to [[Kashyapa]], synonymous with Kurma ('Tortoise').
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|[[Samaveda|Jaiminiya Brahmana]]
|3.210<ref name=":41" />
|As stated by W. Caland in his translation of the Pancavisma Brahmana. Caland's German translation of the Jaiminiya Brahmana with this verse is available.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80952|title=Das Jaiminiya Brahmana In Auswahl|last=Caland W|date=1919|pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.80952/page/n295 293]}}</ref>
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{{blockquote|29. There is the Akupara(Saman). ('The Chant of Akupara').
30. By means of this (Saman), Akupara Kasyapa attained power and greatness. Power and Greatness attains he who in lauding has practised the Akupara(Saman).|source=Pancavimsa Brahmana (translated by W. Caland, 1931), Prapathaka XV (15), Khanda 5, Verses 29-30}}
[[File:Kashyapa muni statue in Andhra Pradesh.JPG|thumb|232x232px|[[Kashyapa]] [[Muni (Saint)|Muni]], one of the [[Saptarishi]] (Seven [[Rishi]]s) during the reign of the sixth (and current) [[Manu (Hinduism)|Manu]], [[Chakshusha]].|alt=|left]]

The sage [[Kashyapa]] - stated in the [[Vedas]], [[Itihasa|Itihāsa]] (Epics), and [[Puranas]] to be the progenitor of all living beings (see relevant sections, below) -  is also stated to be synonymous with [[World Turtle|Akupara]], the name of the 'World-Turtle' in the [[Mahabharata]]. Caland explains in his footnote to verse 30 the significance of this name by quoting from the [[Samaveda|Jaiminiya Brahmana]]:<ref name=":41" />

{{blockquote|Akupara Kasyapa descended together with the [[Kali]]s, into the sea. He sought it in firm standing. He saw this atman and lauded with it. Thereupon, he found a firm standing in the sea, viz., this earth. Since that time, the Kalis sit on his back. This Saman is (Equal To) a firm standing. A firm standing gets he who knows thus. The Chandoma(-Day)s are a sea... and Kasyapa (The Tortoise) is able to convey (Them) across the sea. That there is here this Akupara, is for crossing over the sea.|source=Pancavimsa Brahmana (translated by W. Caland, 1931), Note 1 (extract from Jaiminiya Brahmana, 210), pp. 407|sign=}}

The Jaiminiya Brahmana explicitly links Akupara, Kashyapa, and the tortoise in regards to providing a 'Firm Standing' to cross over the sea of material existence. As illustrated below, in the [[Yajurveda]], Kashyapa is also stated to be [[Synonym]]ous with [[Prajapati]] (i.e. the Creator-God [[Brahma]]) and with Kurma. In the Puranas, Kashyapa is frequently referred to as 'Prajapati' as well.