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अगस्त्य-आश्रम (agastya-Azrama)

 
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अगस्त्य-आश्रम / AGASTYA-ĀŚRAMA. The Purāṇas make mention of several āśramas connected with sage agastya. The pāṇḍavas during their exile visited an āśrama of this name. This is situated near pañcavaṭī twentyfour miles to the south-east of Nāsik. It is known as agastya-giri now. (Śloka 20, Chapter 80
and Śloka 1, Chapter 96 of Vana Parva, M.B.).
The mahābhārata mentions another agastya-āśrama near prayāga. dharmaputra along with Saint lomaśa stayed here for some time. vālmīki describes an āśrama of this name which rāma and lakṣmaṇa visited during their exile in the forests. (Chapter 11, Āraṇya Kāṇḍa of the rāmāyaṇa).