Kapila: Founder Of Samkhya And Avatara Of Visnu

In the Hindu tradition Kapila is admired and worshipped as a philosopher, a divinity, an avatara of Visnu and as a powerful ascetic. This book is the first monographic study of this importance figure. The book deals with Kapila in the Veda, the Sramana traditions, the Epics and the Puranas, in the Samkhya system of religious thought and in the ritual traditions of many contemporary Hindu traditions. Kapila is an important figure in the sacred geography of India and the study of the rituals and narrative traditions of the tirthas of Kapila is an important contribution of this book. The book also contains a translation into English of the text Kapilasuri-smavada, Kapila's teaching of Asuri, found in a few manuscripts of the Southern recension of the Mahabharata.

ISBN: 9788121511940
Author: Jacobsen, Knut A
Published by: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
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