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What does Agastya mean?

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Proper noun
  1. Puranic Encyclopedia: a comprehensive dictionary with special reference to the epic and Puranic literature, Vettam Mani, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1975, pp. 4-9.
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Thus have I, asked by thee, narrated to thee why Vindhya doth not increase in bulk, by reason of the power of Agastya.
In the middle of every those things, Agastya try to find a sense to his life.
He is said to be an incarnation of the sage Agastya, who is also known in the Theosophical circles as Master Jupiter, who resides in the Nilagiris or the Blue Mountains of South India.
We have already noted how the name Agastya refers to one who has kindled the yogic fire of kundalini in him.
Another icon, sometimes called Agastya but more likely the third deity of the Hindu trinity, Brahma, represents the god in the form of a bearded Brahmin sage.
There on that mountain is the asylum of Agastya abounding in fruits and roots and water.

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