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The '''Kapila Purana''' ({{langx|sa|कपिल पुराण}}, {{IAST|Kapila Purāṇa}}) ({{circa}} 11th century) is a [[Hindu]] religious text. The text is considered one of the 18 [[Upapurana]]s.<br />
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== Content ==<br />
It contains 21 chapters which mostly narrate glories about the ''puņyakṣetra''s (sacred places) of [[Utkala Kingdom|Utkala]]. It subsequently describes the greatness of [[Purusottama Kshetra]], [[Biraja Temple|Viraja Kshetra]], [[Konark|Maiterya Vana]], and [[Bhubaneswar|Ekamra Tirtha]]. Sage [[Kapila]] is the main narrator of this Purana. He describes to king Shalyajit regarding the glorified virtue of [[Utkala Kingdom]], which he reports as a conversation between sage [[Bharadvaja]] and the sages performing ''[[Tapas (Sanskrit)|tapas]]'' (austerities) in [[Pushkar]]akshetra.{{sfnp|Rocher|1986|p=184}} It describes the [[Shiva]], [[Durga]], [[Vishnu]] and [[Surya]] shrines in and around [[Orissa, India|Orissa]]. The [[Jnana yoga]] is described in the final chapter of this Purana.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
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* {{cite book |last1=Rocher |first1=Ludo |title=The Purāṇas |date=1986 |publisher=O. Harrassowitz |location=Wiesbaden |isbn=3-447-02522-0}}<br />
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Tripathi |editor1-first=Shrikrishnamani |title=Kapilapuranam |edition=Critical |location=Varanasi |publisher=Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan |year=1981}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.astrojyoti.com/pdfs/DevanagariFiles/kapila_purana.pdf Text in Sanskrit]<br />
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