Kapila

Kapila redirects here. For other uses, see Kapila (disambiguation). Maharishi Kapila is a Vedic sage traditionally considered to be the original proponent of the Samkhya system of philosophy but there are no known writings by him that deal with the Samkhya system as it is understood today. He is described as an incarnation of Vishnu within the Puranas, famous for teaching a process of liberation known as bhakti yoga.
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v. abandon oneself, fall in, be seized with, be taken with, give way, be drawn to smb., harden, be overcome by, be overcome with, be possessed by, be possessed with, sink into, slide into, surrender

n. door, gate, portal, entrance, gateway, entry, hatchway, opening

[Hindu] An incarnation of god Vishnu. He is the son of Kardama Prajapathi and Devahooti. Propounder of Sankhya system of philosophy. On one occasion, when Kapila was performing penance in Patala-loka, the 60,000 sons of King Sagara went to Patala and insulted Kapila. They were burnt by the flames that emanated from Kapila's eyes.

Kapila, Kapila-Rishi (Sanskrit) A great sage and adept of antiquity who flourished before the middle of the 6th century BC, considered to be the founder of the Sankhya philosophy. These archaic teachers, such as Zoroaster and Hermes, were several in number, it having been a habit in archaic times for the later heads of a school to use the name of the school's founder as their own, the name thus becoming in some cases a title.
Kapila is also one of the three secret kumaras who are the progenitors of the true spiritual self in the physical human being. In many of the old writings Kapila is also symbolic of cosmic spirit, or of the individual spiritual self who represents the highest state reached on earth. Hence the Puranas and the Ramayana relate that Sagara's 60,000 sons were reduced to ashes by a mere glance of Kapila's eye. This allegory symbolizes the personifications of human emotions, both passional and mental, being completely reduced to inactivity by the spiritual wisdom and purity of the sage -- here the personification of wisdom itself.
Kapila is also a primeval sage of the satya yuga who imparted true wisdom to all creatures. See also Sankya .