Kapila

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Kapila. A legendary figure, traditionally recognized as the founder of Sāṃkhya. He is said to have lived during the late 7th or early 6th cent. BCE though these dates precede his supposed authorship of the Ṣaṣṭitantra (c.100 BCE–200 CE) and other texts. Today, thousands of pilgrims gather at the point by the island Sagar where the river Gaṅgā is said to have come to earth, and here they visit the hermitage (āśrama) of the sage Kapila.

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