"माझा नातू अगस्त्य - भाग १४"
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- Sep 5, 2023
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"माझा नातू अगस्त्य - भाग १४"
ब्रिटनमधे जन्माला आलेल्या माझ्या नातवाचे नाव ब्रिटनचे भारतीय मूळाचे पंतप्रधान "ऋषी सुनक" यांच्या प्रमाणेच भारतीय संस्कृतीशी बांधिलकी असणारे असावे या विचाराने शोधून शोधून "अगस्त्य" असे ठेवले.आज माझा नातू एक महिन्याचा झाला.त्या निमित्ताने "अगस्त्य" मुनी यांची"बौध्द" साहित्यातील माहिती सांगतो.
1.Several Buddhist texts mention Agastya.
2.Just like early Buddhist texts such as Kalapa,Katantra and Candra vyakarana adapting Panini, and Asvaghosa adopting the more ancient Sanskrit poetic methodology as he praises the Buddha, Agastya appears in 1st millennium CE Buddhist texts.
3.In Tamil texts, for example, "Akattiyan" is described as the sage who learnt Tamil and Sanskrit grammar and poetics from "Avalokitan" (another name for Buddha-to-be Avalokiteśvara).
4.According to Anne E. Monius, the "Manimekalai" and "Viracoliyam" are two of many South Indian texts that co-opt Agastya and make him a student of the Buddha-to-be.
5.Agastya elsewhere appears in other historic Buddhist mythologies, such as the Jataka tales. For example, the Buddhist text "Jataka-mala" by Aryasura, about the Buddha's previous lives, includes Agastya as the seventh chapter.
6.The "Agastya-Jataka" story is carved as a relief in the Borobudur, the world's largest early medieval era Mahayana Buddhist temple.




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