अगस्ति — {agásti} m. (according to Uṇ. iv, 179 fr. 2. {a-ga}, a mountain, and {asti}, thrower, √2. {as}). N. of a Ṛishi (author of several Vedic hymns##said to have been the son of both Mitra and Varuṇa by Urvaśī##to have been born in a water-jar##to have been of short stature##to have swallowed the ocean, and compelled the Vindhya mountains to prostrate themselves before him##to have conquered and civilized the South##to have written on medicine, &c.)##the star Canopus (of which Agastya is the regent, said to be the 'cleanser of water', because of turbid waters becoming clean at its rising Ragh. xiii, 36)##Agasti Grandiflora Suśr. [also {-dru} f. L.]##({ayas}), m. pl. the descendants of Agastya##({ī}), f. a female descendant of Agastya Pāṇ. 6-4, 149 Sch
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