अगस्त्याश्रम

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पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Agastyāśrama  : m.: Name of an āśrama of Agastya, also called Hiraṇyabindu (3. 85. 15).


A. Location: In the east (prācīm diśaṁ…kīrtayiṣyāmi) 3. 85. 3; in the vicinity of the confluence of Gaṅgā and Yamunā at Prayāga (prayāgam iti vikhyātam… agastyasya…tatrāśramavaraḥ) 3. 85. 1315; on the Kālañjara mountain, known there as Hiraṇyabindu (hiraṇyabinduḥ kathito girau kālañjare nṛpa) 3. 8. 15; near the place called Durjayā (agastyāśramam āsādya durjayāyām uvāsa ha) 3. 94. 1.


B. Description: Excellent (āśramavara) 3. 85. 15; extensive (mahant) 3. 85. 15; well known (khyāta) 3. 97. 26; pleasing (ramaṇīya) 3. 97. 27; having (all) qualities (gunair yutaḥ) 3. 97. 27; having flowers of all seasons (sarvartukusumānvita) 3. 97. 26.


C. Epic event: The Pāṇḍavas, in their tīrthayātrā, reached this āśrama and lived there for some time 3. 94. 1.


D. Past events:

(1) Vātāpi was made quiet there (put out of action) by Agastya (agastyeneha vātāpiḥ…upaśāmitaḥ) 3. 94. 2; (vātāpir agastyena vināśitaḥ) 3. 97. 26;

(2) Wealth given by Ilvala to Agastya, after the destruction of Vātāpi, was loaded on a chariot and carried to Agastyāśrama 3. 97. 15;

(3) Gods, as directed by Viṣṇu, went to Agastyāśrama (to request him to drink up the ocean) and saw him in his āśrama 3. 101. 11-13.


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*3rd word in left half of page p507_mci (+offset) in original book.

Mahabharata Cultural Index

पृष्ठभागोऽयं यन्त्रेण केनचित् काले काले मार्जयित्वा यथास्रोतः परिवर्तयिष्यते। तेन मा भूदत्र शोधनसम्भ्रमः। सज्जनैः मूलमेव शोध्यताम्।

Agastyāśrama  : m.: Name of an āśrama of Agastya, also called Hiraṇyabindu (3. 85. 15).


A. Location: In the east (prācīm diśaṁ…kīrtayiṣyāmi) 3. 85. 3; in the vicinity of the confluence of Gaṅgā and Yamunā at Prayāga (prayāgam iti vikhyātam… agastyasya…tatrāśramavaraḥ) 3. 85. 1315; on the Kālañjara mountain, known there as Hiraṇyabindu (hiraṇyabinduḥ kathito girau kālañjare nṛpa) 3. 8. 15; near the place called Durjayā (agastyāśramam āsādya durjayāyām uvāsa ha) 3. 94. 1.


B. Description: Excellent (āśramavara) 3. 85. 15; extensive (mahant) 3. 85. 15; well known (khyāta) 3. 97. 26; pleasing (ramaṇīya) 3. 97. 27; having (all) qualities (gunair yutaḥ) 3. 97. 27; having flowers of all seasons (sarvartukusumānvita) 3. 97. 26.


C. Epic event: The Pāṇḍavas, in their tīrthayātrā, reached this āśrama and lived there for some time 3. 94. 1.


D. Past events:

(1) Vātāpi was made quiet there (put out of action) by Agastya (agastyeneha vātāpiḥ…upaśāmitaḥ) 3. 94. 2; (vātāpir agastyena vināśitaḥ) 3. 97. 26;

(2) Wealth given by Ilvala to Agastya, after the destruction of Vātāpi, was loaded on a chariot and carried to Agastyāśrama 3. 97. 15;

(3) Gods, as directed by Viṣṇu, went to Agastyāśrama (to request him to drink up the ocean) and saw him in his āśrama 3. 101. 11-13.


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*3rd word in left half of page p507_mci (+offset) in original book.