Kapila
mythological figure · 4 works · 4 mentions · 9 anchored passages
the sage · the eternal Vāsudeva · the supreme sage · the venerable Kapila
in the texts
Sāṃkhyakārikā
The primordial sage traditionally credited as the original teacher of the Sāṃkhya doctrine.
This pure and foremost [knowledge] the sage [Kapila] gave out of compassion to Āsuri;
This secret knowledge of the puruṣa (self)'s purpose was fully expounded by the supreme sage [Kapila] — [the teaching] wherein the persistence, origination, and dissolution of beings are considered.
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
The sage traditionally regarded as the founder of the Sāṃkhya system; addressed in the invocation and cast as the teacher in the frame narrative.
[A disciple asks:
Thus questioned, the sage—a treasury of compassion—spoke to the world-weary [disciple]:
Salutation to you, O great-souled Kapila, originator of the Sāṃkhya, the promoter of the true knowledge of the twenty-five {{tattva|ontological principle}}s.
San Hyan Kamahayanikan
Sage whose followers (a Sāṃkhya-associated school) call the supreme being Lord Puruṣa.
He is Lord Puruṣa according to the followers of the venerable Kapila.
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
Sage identified as a form of Vāsudeva, near whom the sacrificial horse is found; destroys the sons of Sagara with a glance of wrath.
Know that we, the sons of Sagara, have arrived to reckon with you.
There they beheld Kapila, the eternal Vāsudeva, and the horse of that divine one wandering not far away.
This entire earth belongs to Vāsudeva the wise, who, having assumed the form of Kapila, bears her unceasingly.