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Kapila : Vedic Rishi who founded the Sāṅkhya Yoga, propounding Dwaita-vada. Vyāsa’s Yogasutra-bhāshya holds Kapila to be a Brahma-Jñani. Brahma Purana mentions him in the context of King Sāgara’s 60,000 sons who looking for their Ashwamedha horse, disturbed the Vishnu in Kapila’s body (see Bhagiratha). Bhāgavata Purana, Brahmānda Purana, Vishnu Purana, Padma Purana, Skanda Purana, Nārada Purana, & Valmiki Ramayana mention Kapila as an incarnation of Vishnu. Vishnu sahasranāma specifies Kapila as one of the thousand names of Vishnu. In Matsya Purana Kapila is one of the 100 sons of Kashyapa from his wife Danu, daughter of Daksha Prajāpati.