कपिल [ kapila ] [ kapilá ] m. f. n. (√ [ kam ] Lit. Uṇ. i , 56 ; more probably connected with [ kapi ] Lit. BRD.) , " monkey-coloured " , brown , tawny , reddish Lit. RV. x , 27 , 16 Lit. ŚBr. Lit. R.

  red-haired Lit. Mn. iii , 8

  [ kapila ] m. the brown or tawny or reddish colour Lit. Suśr.

  a kind of mouse

  a kind of ape Lit. Kathās.

  a (brown) dog Lit. L.

  incense Lit. L.

  N. of an ancient sage (identified by some with Vishṇu and considered as the founder of the Sāṃkhya system of philosophy) Lit. MBh. Lit. Bhag.

  N. of several other men

  of a Dānava Lit. Hariv. 197 Lit. BhP.

  of a Nāga Lit. MBh. iii , 8010 Lit. Hariv.

  of a Varsha in Kuśa-dvīpa Lit. VP. ii , 4 , 37

  of several mountains

  a form of fire Lit. MBh. iii , 14197

  N. of the sun Lit. MBh. iii , 154

  m. pl. N. of a people Lit. VarBṛS.

  m. of the Brāhmans in Śālmala-dvīpa Lit. VP. ii , 4 , 31

  [ kapilā ] f. a brown cow Lit. Yājñ. i , 205 Lit. MBh.

  [ kapila ] m. a fabulous cow celebrated in the Purāṇas Lit. W.

  a kind of leech Lit. Suśr. i , 40 , 20

  a kind of ant Lit. Suśr. ii , 296 , 12

  Dalbergia Sissoo Lit. L.

  Aloe Perfoliata Lit. L.

  a sort of perfume Lit. L.

  a kind of medicinal substance Lit. L.

  a kind of brass Lit. L.

  N. of a daughter of Daksha Lit. MBh.

  of a Kiṃnara woman Lit. Kāraṇḍ.

  of a river Lit. MBh. iii , 14233 Lit. VP.

  N. of the female of the elephant Puṇḍarīka ( q.v.) Lit. L.