Vaitheeswaran Koil | Vaitheeswaran Koil Nadi Astlogy | Vaitheeswaran Koil Online Nadi Astrology
AgastiyaMaharishi
Agastya is a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism. In
the Indian traditions, he is a noted recluse and an influential scholar in
diverse languages of the Indian subcontinent. Agastya is considered by many to
be the "father of the Tamil language", to whom is attributed the
origin of the Tamil grammar text Agastyam (Agattiyam).
Maharishi Agastya was born as a result of the spilling of the semen of the gods Mitra and Varuna into a pot. When they first beheld the celestial dancer Urvashi out and about, first Mitra and then Varun ejaculated their semen, and caught it in a pot.
Agastya is a character in numerous inconsistent mythologies and regional epics including the major Ramayana and Mahabharata. He is one of the most revered Sabda Rishis, as well as a subject of reverence and controversies for being the first Tamil Siddhar, a non-Brahmin Sanskritist, a Dravidian, an Indo-Aryan, a protector of both the Arya and the Dasa, a maverick rishi, and so on. He is also revered in the Puranic literature of Shaktism and Vaishnavism. He is one of the Indian sages found in ancient sculpture and reliefs in Hindu temples of South Asia, and Southeast Asia such as in the early medieval era Shaiva temples on Java Indonesia. He is the principal figure and Guru in the ancient Javanese language text Agastyaparva, whose 11th century version survives.
Agastya is traditionally attributed to be the author of many Sanskrit texts such as the Agastya Gita found in Varaha Purana, Agastya Samhita found embedded in Skanda Purana, and the Dvaidha-Nirnaya Tantra text. He is also referred to as Mana, Kalasaja, Kumbhaja, Kumbhayoni and Maitravaruni after his mythical origins.
Etymology and nomenclature
The etymological origin of Agastya is unclear and there are several theories. One states that it is derived from a flowering tree called Agati gandiflora, which is endemic to the Indian subcontinent and is called Akatti in Tamil. This theory suggests that Agati evolved into Agastih, and favors Dravidian origins of the Vedic sage.
Another theory states that the root is Aj or Anj, which connotes "brighten, effulgent one" and links Agastya to "one who brightens" in darkness, and Agastya is traditionally the Indian name for Canopus, the second most brilliantly shining star found in South Asian skies, next to Sirius.
A third theory links it to Indo-European origins, through the Iranian word gasta which means "sin, foul", and a-gasta would mean "not sin, not foul".[19] The fourth theory, based on folk etymology in verse 2.11 of the Ramayana states that Agastya is from aga (unmoving or mountain) and gam (move), and together these roots connote "one who is mover-of-mountains", or "mover-of-the-unmoving".
The word is also written as Agasti and Agathiyar (Tamil: அகத்தியர் Agathiyar; Telugu: అగస్త్య; Kannada: ಅಗಸ್ತ್ಯ; Malayalam: അഗസ്ത്യന് or അഗസ്ത്യമുനി Malay: Anggasta; Thai: Akkhot).
Biography
Maharishi Agastya and Lopāmudrā
The origins of Agastya are mythical. Unlike most Vedic sages, he has neither a human mother nor a father. According to Hindu mythology, his miraculous birth follows a yajna being done by gods Varuna and Mitra, where the celestial apsara Urvashi appears. They are overwhelmed by her extraordinary sexuality, and ejaculate. Their semen falls into a mud pitcher, which is the womb in which the fetus of Agastya grows. He is born from this jar, along with his twin sage Vashistha in some mythologies. This mythology gives him the name kumbhayoni, which literally means "he whose womb was a mud pot".
Agastya leads an ascetic life, educates himself, becoming a celebrated sage. He is not born to Brahmin parents, but is called a Brahmin in many Indian texts because of his learning. In the Tamil traditions, he is considered a form of the Hindu god Shiva, one well versed in Sanskrit and a symbol of Tamil learning. His unknown origins have led to speculative proposals that the Vedic era Agastya may have been a migrant Aryan whose ideas influenced the south, and alternatively a native non-Aryan Dravidian whose ideas influenced the north.
Vaitheeswaran Koil | Vaitheeswaran Koil Nadi Astlogy | Vaitheeswaran Koil Online Nadi Astrology
According to inconsistent legends in the Puranic andthe epics, the ascetic sage Agastya proposed to Lopamudra, a princess born in the kingdom of Vidharbha. Her parents were unwilling to bless the engagement, concerned that she would be unable to live the austere lifestyle of Agastya in the forest. However, the legends state that Lopamudra accepted him as her husband, saying that Agastya has the wealth of ascetic living, her own youth will fade with seasons, and it is his virtue that makes him the right person. Therewith, Lopamudra becomes the wife of Agastya. In other versions, Lopamudra marries Agastya, but after the wedding, she demands that Agastya provide her with basic comforts before she will consummate the marriage, a demand that ends up forcing Agastya to return to society and earn wealth.
Agastya and Lopamudra have a son named Drdhasyu, sometimes called Idhmavaha. He is described in the Mahabharata as a boy who learns the Vedas listening to his parents while he is in the womb, and is born into the world reciting the hymns.
Vaitheeswaran Koil | Vaitheeswaran Koil Nadi Astlogy | Vaitheeswaran Koil Online Nadi Astrology
Agastya ashram
Agastya had a hermitage (ashram), but the ancient and medieval era Indian texts provide inconsistent stories and location for this ashram. Two legends place it in northwest Maharashtra, on the banks of river Godavari, near Nashik in small towns named Agastyapuri and Akolha. Other putative sites mentioned in northern and eastern Indian sources is near Kohlapur (Western ghats at Maharashtra, Karnataka border), or near Kannauj (Utar Pradesh), or in Agastyamuni village near Rudraprayag (Utarakhand), or Satpura Range (Madhya Pradesh). In southern sources and the north Indian Devi-Bhagavata Purana, his ashram is based in Tamil Nadu, variously placed in Tirunelveli, Potiyal hills, or Thanjavur.
During the battle between Rama and Ravana, after the abduction of Sita, Sage Agastya went to Rama and gave him the “Aditya Hriday” (prayer for invoking the Sun God). It was this special invocation that helped Rama to overpower and kill Ravana.
During the battle between Rama and Ravana, after the abduction of Sita, Sage Agastya went to Rama and gave him the “Aditya Hriday” (prayer for invoking the Sun God). It was this special invocation that helped Rama to overpower and kill Ravana.
Vaitheeswaran Koil | Vaitheeswaran Koil Nadi Astlogy | Vaitheeswaran Koil Online Nadi Astrology
When Rama was crowned King of Ayodhya, Agastya Rishi came and gave several discourses on his duty, ethics and royal decorum. For a long time Rama, Lakshman, Bharat, and Shatrughna had the benefit of his august company. Like Guru Vashishtha and Vishwamitra, Sage Agastya made a major contribution to the role Rama played out in his avatar (incarnation) on earth.
Guruji. A. Sivaguru Swamy
Whatsapp Skype IMO 9963334337 Facetime 9346346956
Skype – sivaguruswamy29
45/2, Opp.Railway Station, Sirkali Tq, Vaitheeswaran Koil,
Naagai Dist, Tamilnadu–609 117
Email – sivaguruswamy1@gmail.com
http://vaitheeswarankoilnadiastrologer.com
Comments
Post a Comment