Agastya the Great

Japanese: アガスティヤ仙 - あがすてぃやせん
Agastya the Great

...These are the ten incarnations of Vishnu. In addition to the myths about the great gods mentioned above, Hindu texts contain countless interesting myths and legends about great sages, kings, and heavenly maidens, such as the sage Agastya who drank all the seawater, King Vishvamitra who became a Brahmin after intense asceticism, King Bhagiratha who brought the heavenly Ganges down to earth, King Trishanku who became the Southern Cross, the beautiful celestial maiden Tilottama who seduced and destroyed the demon brothers, and the story of a one-horned sage who was seduced by a beautiful woman. Iranian Mythology [Katsuhiko Uemura]. ...

From the Vindhya Mountains

… [Kenzo Fujiwara]
[Vindhya Mountains in Hindu Mythology]
Once, the mountain god of Vindhya was jealous of the height of the Himalayas and asked the sun god Surya to revolve around him as he revolved around Mount Meru. When Surya refused, he raised his head and rose higher than the Himalayas to block the sunlight. So the gods asked the sage Agastya, Vindhya's teacher, to stop him. Agastya went to Vindhya and bowed before him, ordering him to open a road from north to south and back.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Agastya Sage" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…以上がビシュヌの十化身である。以上の偉大な神々に関する神話のほかにも,ヒンドゥー教の諸文献には,海水を飲みほしたアガスティヤ仙,激しい苦行の末にバラモンの位を得たビシュバーミトラ王,天上のガンジスを地上に降ろしたバギーラタ王,南十字星になったトリシャンク王,悪魔の兄弟を誘惑し滅ぼした美貌の天女ティローッタマー,美女に誘惑された一角仙人の物語等,偉大な聖仙,王,天女たちに関する興味深い神話・伝説が無数に存する。イラン神話【上村 勝彦】。…

【ビンディヤ[山脈]】より

…【藤原 健蔵】
[インド神話におけるビンディヤ山脈]
 かつてビンディヤの山神はヒマラヤの高さをねたみ,太陽神スーリヤがメール山のまわりを回転するように,自分のまわりを回ってくれと頼んだが,スーリヤがそれを拒んだので,太陽の光を遮るため頭を上げてヒマラヤより高くそびえた。そこで神々はビンディヤの師アガスティヤ仙にそれを止めるように頼んだ。アガスティヤはビンディヤのところに行き,自分の前に頭を低くして北から南へ往復する道を開けと命じた。…

※「アガスティヤ仙」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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