Kapila

In the epics

Kapila appears in the Rāmāyaṇa as a sage/god: The eternal Vasudeva who has assumed the form of Kapila.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Kark
• Nakshatra: Ashlesha
• More names starting with K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Reddish-brown, the sage Kapila”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Arun — Meanings families give: Dawn, red; Rising sun, red-hued dawn sky, charioteer of Sun; Dawn, reddish; Dawn, reddish glow of sunrise; Reddish brown, dawn, sun; Dawn, reddish glow of the rising sun
• Hari — yellow or reddish brown or green (the colour)
• Arunima — Meanings families give: Glow of the sunrise; reddish dawn light; Red glow of dawn, sunrise
• Aruna — Meanings families give: Dawn, reddish glow of sunrise; Dawn, early morning redness; Dawn, reddish, charioteer of sun
• Jahnavi — River Ganga, daughter of sage Jahnu
• Agastya — Name of a sage, mountain thrower

More unisex names of Sanskrit-Odia origin

• Satya — the uppermost of the seven Lokas or worlds (the abode of Brahmā and heaven of truth; See )
• Kumud — White lotus, water lily
• Mithuna — Pair, couple, Gemini zodiac
• Mahanadi — Great river of Odisha, powerful as the Mahanadi

Other names under Kark rashi

• Priya — Meanings families give: Beloved, dear; Beloved, dear one, darling; Beloved, dear one; Dear, beloved; one who is cherished; Beloved, dear one, cherished
• Divyansh — Divine part, a sacred portion of the supreme divine
• Disha — Meanings families give: Direction, path, guiding light; Direction, guidance, aim; Direction, path
• Ganesh — Meanings families give: Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god of wisdom; Lord of ganas, elephant god; Lord of all beings, elephant-headed god; Lord of hosts, elephant-headed deity
• Khushi — Happiness, joy
• Devansh — Part of God, divine fraction and heavenly portion

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Kark names.

Where this comes from

Kapila has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.