History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.64
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c94.64
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p. 693). In the Bhāgavatapurāṇa (I. 3. 10) Kapila is said to be the 5th avatāra of Viṣṇu, is called *siddheśa* (the lord of siddhas) and the teacher of Āsuri in Sāṅkhya that had become decadent (by lapse of time). The Gītā also (X. 26 'siddhānām Kapilo muniḥ') mentions Kapila as a *muni* and the most eminent among siddhas. The S. Kārikā also refers to him as muni. The Kūrmapurāṇa (II. 7. 7) echoes the very words of the Gītā ('siddhānām Kapilo muniḥ').
Linked texts (4)
- Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Kūrmapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Bhagavadgītā — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Sāṃkhyakārikā — Īśvarakṛṣṇa, Sanskrit