As a deity name
Name 531 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Readable by grammar as maharṣi + kapilācārya — “the teacher Kapila of a great Ṛṣi”.
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