Kapila

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Hindu philosopher ancient Indian sage founder of philosophical school mythico-historical figure rishi sage in Hinduism

Kapila is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally regarded as the founder of the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kapila canonical	2
Kapil Muni	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu philosopher ⓘ ancient Indian sage ⓘ founder of philosophical school ⓘ mythico-historical figure ⓘ rishi ⓘ sage in Hinduism ⓘ
associatedConcept	three gunas (sattva, rajas, tamas) ⓘ
associatedWith	Samkhya ⓘ ancient Indian ascetic traditions ⓘ orthodox (astika) schools of Hindu philosophy ⓘ
category	Hindu sages ⓘ Indian philosophers ⓘ Samkhya philosophers ⓘ
coreConcept	liberation through discriminative knowledge ⓘ prakriti (primordial matter) ⓘ purusha (conscious self) ⓘ satkaryavada (theory that effect pre-exists in cause) ⓘ
cosmology	enumeration of tattvas (principles of reality) ⓘ
culture	ancient Indian ⓘ
era	ancient India ⓘ
founderOf	Samkhya ⓘ surface form: Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy
geographicContext	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
influenced	Vedanta debates on self and matter ⓘ Yoga school of Hindu philosophy ⓘ classical Samkhya texts ⓘ later Hindu theological interpretations of creation ⓘ
inReligiousContext	sometimes regarded as an incarnation of Vishnu in Vaishnava tradition ⓘ
languageContext	Sanskrit intellectual tradition ⓘ
mentionedIn	Bhagavata Purana ⓘ Mahabharata ⓘ Puranas ⓘ surface form: Puranic literature
notableFor	dualistic metaphysics of purusha and prakriti ⓘ early systematic analysis of causation ⓘ influence on later Hindu philosophical traditions ⓘ
philosophicalDomain	epistemology ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ soteriology ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Samkhya ⓘ
philosophicalStance	non-theistic interpretation of Samkhya in some traditions ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
roleInTexts	teacher of metaphysical knowledge ⓘ
roleInTradition	exemplar of discriminative knowledge (viveka) ⓘ
traditionallyRegardedAs	founder of the Samkhya system ⓘ
traditionStatus	semi-legendary figure ⓘ
viewOnLiberation	attained by discriminating purusha from prakriti ⓘ

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Subject: Kapila
Description of subject: Kapila is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally regarded as the founder of the Samkhya school of Hindu philosophy.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samkhya → associatedWithPhilosopher → Kapila ⓘ

Ganga Sagar → associatedDeity → Kapila ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kapil Muni

Teerthraj Amarkantak → isAssociatedWithSage → Kapila ⓘ