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अगस्ति (agasti)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
अगस्ति
m.
 (-स्तिः) 1 The name of a saint, celebrated in Hindu mytho-
logy, more usually entitled AGASTYA, the son of both MITRA and
VARUNA, by URVASI
he is represented of short stature, and is
said by some to have been born in a water jar: he is famed for
having swallowed the ocean, when it had given him offence
at
his command also, the VINDHYA range of mountains prostrated
itself, and so remains
hence his present appellation: he is also
considered as the regent of the star Canopus.
2. The name of a
tree, (Sesbana grandiflora.)
E.
 अग a mountain, and स्ति, with an
adventitious meaning, to fix, or in the second instance, to be
fixed
also अग as before, and स्ति Unadi
aff.
Capeller Eng
English
अग॑स्ति
m.
N.
 of a sage.
Yates
English
अ-गस्ति (स्तिः) 2.
m.
 The name of a
sage, said to have been born in
a water-jar, and to have pros-
trated the
Vindhya mountains
and drunk up the sea.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
अगस्ति - agasti -
m.
 - Canopus
अगस्ति - agasti -
m.
 - name of a RSi
अगस्ति - agasti -
m.
 - hummingbird tree [ Sesbania grandiflora - Bot. ]
अगस्ति - agasti -
m.
 - star Canopus
अगस्ति - agasti -
m.
 - Canopus
अगस्ति - agasti -
m.
 - star Canopus
कुम्भभव - kumbhabhava -
m.
 - star Canopus
अगस्त्यचार - agastyacAra -
m.
 - path of Canopus
अगस्त्योदय - agastyodaya -
m.
 - rising of Canopus
Wilson
English
अगस्ति
m.
 (-स्तिः)
1 The name of a saint, celebrated in Hindu mythology, more usually entitled
AGASTYA, the son of both MITRA and VARUṆA, by URVAŚĪ
he is represented of short
stature, and is said by some to have been born in a water jar: he is famed for
having swallowed the ocean, when it had given him offence
at his command also,
the VINDHYA range of mountains prostrated itself, and so remains
hence his
present appellation: he is also considered as the regent of the star Canopus.
2 The name of a tree, (Sesbana grandiflora.)
E.
 अग a mountain, and स्ति, with an adventitious meaning, to fix, or in
the second instance, to be fixed
also अग as before, and स्ति Uṇādi
aff.
Apte
English
अगस्ति [agasti], [विन्ध्याख्यं अगं अस्यति
अस्-क्तिच् शकन्ध्वादि˚,
Uṇ.*
 4. 179, or अगं विन्ध्याचलं स्त्यायति + स्तभ्नाति, स्त्यै-क
or अगः कुम्भः तत्र स्त्यानः संहतः इत्यगस्त्यः]
'Pitcher-born, '
N.
 of a celebrated Ṛiṣi or sage.
N.
 of the star Canopus, of which Agastya is the regent.
N.
 of a plant (बकवृक्ष) Sesbana (or Ӕschynomene) Grandiflora [Mar. रुईमंदार]. [The sage Agastya is a very reputed personage in Hindu mythology. In the Ṛigveda he and Vasiṣṭha are said to be the off-springs of Mitra and Varuṇa, whose seed fell from them at the sight of the lovely nymph Urvaśī at a sacrificial session. Part of the seed fell into a jar and part into water
from the former arose Agastya, who is, therefore, called Kumbhayoni, Kumbhajanman, Ghaṭodbhava, Kalaśayoni
&c.
from the latter Vasiṣṭha. From his parentage Agastya is also called Maitrāvaruṇi, Aurvaśeya, and, as he was very small when he was born, he is also called Mānya. He is represented to have humbled the Vindhya mountains by making them prostrate themselves before him when they tried to rise higher and higher till they wellnigh occupied the sun's disc and obstructed his path. See Vindhya. (This fable is supposed by some, to typify the progress of the Āryas towards the south in their conquest and civilization of India, the humbling of the mountain standing metaphorically for the removal of physical obstacles in their way). He is also known by the names of Pītābdhi, Samudra-chuluka
&c.
from another fable according to which he drank up the ocean because it had offended him and because he wished to help Indra and the gods in their wars with a class of demons called Kāleyas who had hid themselves in the waters and oppressed the three worlds in various ways. His wife was Lopāmudrā. She was also called Kauṣītakī and Varapradā. She bore him two sons, Dṛḍhāsya and Dṛḍhāsyu. In the Rāmāyaṇa Agastya plays a distinguished part. He dwelt in a hermitage on mount Kunjara to the south of the Vindhya and was chief of the hermits of the south. He kept under control the evil spirits who infested the south and a legend relates how he once ate up a Rākṣasa named Vātāpi, who had assumed the form of a ram, and destroyed by a flash of his eye the Rākṣasa's brother who attempted to avenge him. In the course of his wandering Rāma with his wife and brother came to the hermitge of Agastya who received him with the greatest kindness and became his friend, adviser and protector. He gave Rāma the bow of Viṣṇu and accompanied him to Ayodhyā when he was restored to his kingdom after his exile of 14 years. The superhuman power which the sage possessed, is also represented by another legend, according to which he turned king Nahuṣa into a serpent and afterwards restored him to his proper form. In the south he is usually regarded as the first teacher of science and literature to the primitive Dravidian tribes, and his era is placed by Dr. Caldwell in the 7th or 6th century B.C. The Purāṇas represent Agastya as the son of Pulastya (the sage from whom the Rākṣsas sprang) and Havirbhuvā the daughter of Kardama. Several 'hymn-seers' are mentioned in his family, such as his two sons, Indrabāhu, Mayobhuva and Mahendra, also others who served to perpetuate the family. The sage is represented as a great philosopher, benevolent and kind-hearted, unsurpassed in the science of archery and to have taken a principal part in the colonization of the south
निर्जितासि मया भद्रे शत्रुहस्तादमर्षिणा । अगस्त्येन दुराधर्षा मुनिना दक्षिणेव .दिक् ॥ Rām
अगस्त्याचरितामाशाम्
R.*
 4.44
cf.
 also
अगस्त्यो दक्षिणामाशामाश्रित्य नभसिः स्थितः । वरुणस्यात्मजो योगी विन्ध्यवातापिमर्दनः ॥ and
R.*
 6.61
Mv.*
 7.14.] अगस्तितुल्या हि घृताब्धिशोषणे । Udbhaṭa.
Apte 1890
English
अगस्ति [विंध्याख्यं अगं अस्यति
अस्क्तिच् शकंध्वादि°, Uṇ. 4. 179, or अगं विंध्याचलं स्त्यायति स्तभ्नाति, स्त्यै-क
or अगः कुंभः तत्र स्त्यानः संहतः इत्यगस्त्यः] 1 ‘Pitcher-born’, N. of a celebrated Ṛṣi or sage.
2 N. of the star Canopus, of which Agastya is the regent.
3 N. of a plant (बकवृक्ष) Sesbana (or Æschynomene) Grandiflora. [The sage Agastya is a very reputed personage in Hindu mythology. In the Ṛgveda he and Vasiṣṭha are said to be the off-spring of Mitra and Varuṇa, whose seed fell from them at the sight of the lovely nymph Urvaśī at a sacrificial session. Part of the seed fell into a jar and part into water
from the former arose Agastya who is, therefore, called Kumbhayoni, Kumbhajanman, Ghaṭodbhava, Kalaśayoni &c.
from the latter Vasiṣṭha. From his parentage Agastya is also called Maitrāvaruṇi, Aurvaśeya, and, as he was very small when he was born, he is also called Mānya. He is represented to have humbled the Vindhya mountains by making them prostrate themselves before him when they tried to rise higher and higher till they wellnigh occupied the sun's disc and obstructed his path, See Vindhya. (This fable is supposed by some to typify the progress of the Āryas towards the south in their conquest and civilization of India, the humbling of the mountain standing metaphorically for the removal of physical obstacles in their way). He is also known by the names of Pītābdhi, Samudra-culuka &c., from another fable according to which he drank up the ocean because it had offended him and because he wished to help Indra and the gods in their wars with a class of demons called Kāleyas who had hid themselves in the waters and oppressed the three worlds in various ways. His wife was Lopāmudrā. She was also called Kauṣītakī and Varapradā. She bore him two sons, Dṛḍhāsya and Dṛḍhasyu. In the Rāmāyaṇa Agastya plays a distinguished part. He dwelt in a hermitage on mount Kuñjara to the south of the Vindhya and was chief of the hermits of the south. He kept under control the evil spirits who infested the south and a legend relates how he once ate up a Rākṣasa named Vātāpi, who had assumed the form of a ram, and destroyed by a flash of his eye the Rākṣasa's brother who attempted to avenge him. In the course of his wanderings Rāma with his wife and brother came to the hermitage of Agastya who received him with the greatest kindness and became his friend, adviser and protector. He gave Rāma the bow of Viṣṇu and accompanied him to Ayodhyā when he was restored to his kingdom after his exile of 14 years. The superhuman power which the sage possessed is also represented by another legend, according to which he turned king Nahuṣa into a serpent and afterwards restored him to his proper form. In the south he is usually regarded as the first teacher of science and literature to the primitive Dravidian tribes, and his era is placed by Dr. Caldwell in the 7th or 6th century B. C. The Purāṇas represent Agastya as the son of Pulastya (the sage from whom the Rākṣasas sprang) and Havirbhuvā the daughter of Kardama. Several ‘hymn-seers’ are mentioned in his family, such as his two sons, Indrabāhu, Mayobhuva and Mahendra, also others who served to perpetuate the family. The sage is represented as a great philosopher, benevolent and kind-hearted, unsurpassed in the science of archery and to have taken a principal part in the colonization of the south
निर्जितासि मया भद्रे शत्रुहस्तादमर्षिणा । अगस्त्येन दुराधर्षा मुनिना दक्षिणेव दिक् ॥ Rām.
अगस्त्याचरितामाशां R. 4. 44
cf. also: अगस्त्यो दक्षिणामाशामाश्रित्य नभसि स्थितः । वरुणस्यात्मजो योगी विंध्यवातापिमर्दनः ॥ and R. 6. 61, Mv. 7. 14.]
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अग॑स्ति
m.
 (according to,
Uṇ.
 iv, 179
fr.
 2.अ-ग, a mountain, and अस्ति, thrower, √ 2. अस्).
N.
 of a Ṛṣi (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 -द्रु
f.
 ,
L.
 ]
the descendants of Agastya
Monier Williams 1872
English
अगस्ति अगस्ति, इस्, m. (said to be fr. 2. अ-ग,
a mountain, and अस्ति, fr. rt. 2. अस्, thrower), N. of a
Ṛṣi, author of several Vedic hymns, (he is said to
have been the son of both Mitra and Varuṇa by
Urvasī
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 civi-
lized the South
to have written on medicine, &c.)
the star Canopus, of which Agastya is the regent
a plant, Sesbana (or Æschynomene) Grandiflora.
—अगस्ति-द्रु, उस्, f. a plant, Sesbana Grandiflora.
Macdonell
English
अगस्ति agásti,
m.
 = Agástya.
Goldstucker
English
अगस्ति m. (-स्तिः)
^1 The name of a saint and reputed author
of several hymns of the Rigveda, celebrated in Hindu my-
thology, more usually entitled Agastya, and considered as
the son of both Mitra and Varuṇa, by Urvaśī
hence his
names Maitrāvaruṇi and Aurvaśīya. He is represented of
short stature, and is said by some to have been born in a
water jar
hence his names Kumbhasambhava, Ghaṭod-
bhava &c. He is famed for having swallowed the ocean,
when it had given him offence, wherefore he is called Pī-
tābdhi. At his command the Vindhya range of mountains
prostrated itself, and so remains
hence his present appel-
lation. He is also mentioned as one of the oldest medical
authors, considered as the civilisor of the South and as
the regent of the star Canopus.
^2 The name of a tree
(Sesbana grandiflora).
^3 m. plur. अगस्तयः are the descendants
of Agasti. See आगस्त्य. E. अग (mountain) and अस् (to
throw), uṇ. aff. ति--: Agastya having ordered the Vindhya
mountain to prostrate itself before him
or according to
others, a Tatpur. composed of अग (water jar) and स्त्य
(from स्त्यै to condense): from his being kept and born in a wa-
ter jar. (Both etymologies are apparently artificial and with-
out any grammatical evidence.) See also अगस्त्य and अगस्ती.
Benfey
English
अगस्ति अगस्ति, and अगस्त्य अग-
स्त्य,
m.
 The name of a Ṛṣi, or saint,
the son of Mitra and Varuṇa
Apte Hindi
Hindi
अगस्तिः
पुं*
 - बिन्ध्याख्यम् अगम् अस्यति
अस्+क्तिच् - शक*
कुम्भज' एक् प्रसिद्ध ऋषि का नाम
अगस्तिः
पुं*
 - बिन्ध्याख्यम् अगम् अस्यति
अस्+क्तिच् - शक*
एक नक्षत्र का नाम
Shabdartha Kaustubha
Kannada
अगस्ति
पदविभागः - > पुल्लिङ्गः
कन्नडार्थः - > ಅಗಸ್ತ್ಯಮುನಿ
निष्पत्तिः - > असु (क्षेपणे) “क्तिच्” (३-३-१७४) । शक० ।
व्युत्पत्तिः - > अगं विन्ध्यपर्वतं अस्यति।
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
अगस्ति 3. lies grandiflora.
अभिधानचिन्तामणिः
Sanskrit
--source--
अगस्त्योऽगस्तिः पीताब्धिर्वातापिद्विड्घटोद्भवः ॥ १२२ ॥
मैत्त्रावरुणिराग्नेय और्वशेयाग्निमारुतौ ।
-wordlist-
अगस्त्य (पुं), अगस्ति (पुं), पीताब्धि (पुं), वातापिद्विष् (पुं), घटोद्भव (पुं), मैत्रावरुणि (पुं), आग्नेय (पुं), और्वशेय (पुं), आग्निमारुत (पुं)
अभिधानरत्नमाला
Sanskrit
अगस्ति
अगस्ति, अगस्त्य, लोपामुद्रापति, घटयोनि
उक्तोऽगस्तिरगस्त्यो लोपामुद्रापतिश्च घटयोनिः ।
verse 2.1.1.413
page 0048
वैजयन्तीकोषः
Sanskrit
Word: अगस्तिः
Root: अगस्ति
Gender: पुं
Number: all
अर्थः ⇒
Meaning(s):
⇒ Agati (Sesbana
Aeschynomene) grandiflora
Tamil Agatti
Shloka(s):
3|3|156|2 ► अगस्त्ये मुनिमार्जारावगस्तिर्वङ्गसेनकः॥ (भूमिकाण्डः/वनाध्यायः)
3|3|157|1 ► शुकनासोऽप्यथो पश्चात् सुन्दरो ग्रीष्मसुन्दरः। (भूमिकाण्डः/वनाध्यायः)
Synonym(s):
➠ 3|3|156|2 ⇢ अगस्त्यः (अगस्त्य) (पुं) ⇒ Agati (Sesbana
Aeschynomene) grandiflora
Tamil Agatti ⇒
➠ 3|3|156|2 ⇢ मुनिः (मुनि) (पुं) ⇒ Agati (Sesbana
Aeschynomene) grandiflora
Tamil Agatti ⇒
➠ 3|3|156|2 ⇢ मार्जारः (मार्जार) (पुं) ⇒ Agati (Sesbana
Aeschynomene) grandiflora
Tamil Agatti ⇒
➠ 3|3|156|2 ⇢ अगस्तिः (अगस्ति) (पुं) ⇒ Agati (Sesbana
Aeschynomene) grandiflora
Tamil Agatti ⇒
➠ 3|3|156|2 ⇢ वङ्गसेनकः (वङ्गसेनक) (पुं) ⇒ Agati (Sesbana
Aeschynomene) grandiflora
Tamil Agatti ⇒
➠ 3|3|157|1 ⇢ शुकनासः (शुकनास) (पुं) ⇒ Agati (Sesbana
Aeschynomene) grandiflora
Tamil Agatti ⇒
Related word(s):
Vedic Reference
English
Agasti. — This form of Agastya's name occurs once in the
Atharvaveda, ^1 where he appears as a favourite of Mitra and
Varuṇa.
1) iv. 9, 3. Cf. Sieg, Die Sagenstoffe des Ṛgveda, 127, n. 5.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
अगस्तिः,
पुं,
 (विन्ध्याख्यम् अगम् अस्यति इतिअगस्तिः । अस्यतेः क्तिच् । बाहुलकात् तिर्वा ।)वकवृक्षः । अगस्त्यमुनिः । इति मेदिनी ॥
यथावैद्यके, --“अगस्तिः पित्तकफजित् चतुर्थकहरो हिमः ।रूक्षो वातकरस्तिक्तः प्रतिश्यायनिवारणः” ॥
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
अगस्ति
पु०
 अगं विन्ध्याचलम् अस्यति अस्--क्तिच् शक-न्ध्वादि० । अगस्त्यनामके मुनौ । अगस्त्यस्यापत्यानि बहुषुयञोलुक् । तद्गोत्रापत्येषु ब० व० । तत्सम्बन्धित्वात् दक्षिण्यांदिशि । अगस्त्यजन्मकथा च । “तयोरादित्ययोः सत्रेदृष्ट्वाप्सरसमुर्व्वशीम् रेतश्चस्कन्द तत् कुम्भे न्यपतद्वाशतीवरेतेनैव तु मूहूर्त्तेन वीर्य्यवन्तौ तपस्विनौ, अगस्त्यश्च वशिष्ठश्चतावृषी संबभूवतुः । बहुधा पतितं रेतः कलसे च जलेस्थले । स्थले वशिष्ठस्तु मुनिः संबभूवर्षिसत्तमः । कुम्भे-त्वगस्त्यः सम्भूतः जले मत्स्यो महाद्युतिः । उदियायततोऽगस्त्यः क्षणमात्रे महातपाः इति” पुराणम् । तस्यच विन्ध्याचलस्तम्भनकथा काशीखण्डेऽनुसन्धेया । बृहत्-संहितायामस्य गगनमण्डले दक्षिणस्यां तारारूपेण स्थिति-रुक्ता तच्च अगस्त्यचारशब्दे द्रष्टव्यम् ।
Capeller
German
अग॑स्ति u. अग॑स्त्य N. eines alten Weisen.
Burnouf
French
अगस्ति अगस्ति
m.
 np. d'un fils de मित्र et वरुण et
d'ऊर्वशी।
अगस्तिद्रु
m.
 æschynomene grandiflora, bot.