[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.811 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.811 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.811 - **Language:** English ### [c5.811](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.811) KAPILA. A celebrated sage, the founder of the Sānkhya philosophy. The Hari-vansa makes him the son of Vitatha. He is sometimes identified with Vishnu and sometimes with Agni. He is said to have destroyed the hundred thousand sons of King Sagara with a glance. See Sagara. - [Previous: c5.810](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.810) - [Next: c5.812](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.812) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.811](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.811) · Pramāṇa