[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v7.c94.64 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c94.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.64) 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'). - [Previous: v7.c94.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.63) - [Next: v7.c94.65](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.65) - [Up: v7.c94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94) ## Cites (4) - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.1.3.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.7.7) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bhagavadgītā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.all.gita.10.26) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Sāṃkhyakārikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.samkhya.samkhyakarika) — Īśvarakṛṣṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c94.64) · Pramāṇa