RISHI AGASTYA

RISHI AGASTYA THE GREATEST OF THE SEVEN SAGES OR SAPTARSHIS

RISHI AGASTYA

Rishi Agastya

RISHI AGASTYA THE GREATEST OF THE SEVEN SAGES OR SAPTARSHIS

Siddhar or sage Agastya author of Agastya Samhita[ref: Dharma Bharathi] He and his clan are also credited to have "discovered" many mantras of the Rig Veda, the earliest and most revered Hindu scripture, in the sense of first having the mantras revealed in his mind by the Supreme Brahman.

Agastya is the greatest of the Seven Sages or Saptarshis. The word is also written as Agasti and Agathiyar. A-ga means a mountain, Asti, thrower. Agastya is also the Indian astronomical name of the star of Canopus, is said to be the 'cleanser of waters', since its rising coincides with the calming of the waters of the Indian Ocean. Rishi Agastya is considered as the first and foremost Siddha (knowledge and accomplishments), and therefore the guru of many Siddhars. Another name for Rsi Agastya is Kurumuni (short muni). Rishi Agastya made pioneering contributions to the field of Ayurveda (alternative medicine) and Jyotish (Vedic Astrology particularly Nadi Astrology).

RISHI AGASTYA THE GREATEST OF THE SEVEN SAGES OR SAPTARSHIS Rishi Agastya lived for over 5000 years, and one of his medicinal preparations, Boopathi Kuligai, was so powerful that it could even bring the dead back to life. Two of his disciples were Therayar and Tholkappiar carried this knowledge forward for him.

The left of these two statues represents Agastya as a bearded, pot-bellied Hindu sage. It is located in the archaeological museum at Prambanan, Java, Indonesia, and probably dates from the 9th century A.D. Agastya was one of the divinities worshipped at Candi Siva, the main temple at Prambanan.

RISHI AGASTYA THE GREATEST OF THE SEVEN SAGES OR SAPTARSHIS

The Lalitha Sahasranama, which sing the praises of the Goddess through her thousand names and so is deeply pleasing to the divine mother (also known as Durga, Saraswati, Lakshmi, etc) that it has the power to give moksha when repeated enough times with deep sincerity. This composition was first revealed to the world when an incarnation of Vishnu Hayagriva taught the hymn to Rsi Agastya.

RISHI AGASTYA THE GREATEST OF THE SEVEN SAGES OR SAPTARSHIS

The Aditya Hridayam (A hymn to Surya deva – pacifiess most flaws of the Sun and pleases him a great deal.) is also said to be composed by Risi Agastya and taught personally by him to Sri Ram just before the war between Sri Rama and Ravana. Rishi Agastya also composed the Saraswati Stotram. (Saraswati is the Goddess of all knowledge, music and singing.)

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RISHI AGASTYA THE GREATEST OF THE SEVEN SAGES OR SAPTARSHIS