VṚṢĀKAPI I One of the eleven Rudras. The eleven Rudras are Hara, Bahurūpa, Tryambaka, Aparājita, Vṛṣākapi, Śambhu, Kapardī, Raivata, Mṛgavyādha, Sarpa and Kapālī.
[Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 18] . (See under Ekādaśa rudras).
VṚṢĀKAPI II Another name of Mahāviṣṇu. (M.B. Śānti Pạrva, Chapter 342).
VṚṢĀKAPI III A hermit. Mention is made in
[Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 66, Stanza 23] , that with so many other hermits, he also attended the sacrifice performed by the gods.