A book by authors Dr.D.K.Hari and Dr.D.K.Hema Hari
Agam is home, as agam means inside. Tamilagam is the home of Tamils. Agastya made Tamilagam his home.
Agastya received the nuances of Tamil language Grammar from Bhagavan Shiva Himself and along with Literature, Grammar, Sciences, Medicine, Music and various other Arts of the land he has been a fountain head for knowledge of the Bharata civilization and in particular for Tamils and Siddhars.
He is hence innate, inside, in the Agam of Tamil and Tamilagam.
In this book, we will see how Agastya is an overarching cosmic phenomenon spanning Mankind, Earth, Waters and Skies as a continuum across Time, Space, Thought and Actions.
This book examines Maharishi Agastya as an overarching phenomenon of Bharat from multiple disciplines and dimensions to show how, Agastya is a continuum in Bharata thought, across multiple planes. It also brings forth the significance that Indians have given to their monsoon rains which gave them their sustained flourish for millennia.
At a Human plane, Mahamuni Agastya stands for the Rishi and Siddhar who gave us Tamil Grammar along with giving us Astronomy and many Sciences, Technologies, Literature, Martial and Fine Arts, through a line of luminaries called Agastya.
At a Geographical plane, Kudagumuni Agastya stands for the Rishi who gave us the River Kaveri from the land of Kodagu, Coorg and taught us river engineering through various examples.
At an Earthly plane, Maitra-Varuni Agastya stands for the phenomenon that causes monsoon and brings rains to Bharat periodically every year at the same time.
At a Celestial plane, Lopamudra Agastya stands for the vanishing and appearing Canopus star that can be seen in the Southern skies and whose Heliacal rising and setting served as a Calendar for marking the advent of rains over Bharat.
At a Cosmic plane, Mana Agastya stands for the order in the Cosmos which causes the phenomenon of the periodic oscillation of the obliquity itself of the Earths’ Axis, even beyond the precession of the Axis, due to which the star Agastya, Canopus itself vanishes or becomes visible periodically over Bharat across 1000s of years, thus becoming a way to measure the tilt of the Earth’s axis.
This book also highlights the significance of the Vindhyas in Indian legends, as well as the metaphor in the name Vindhya itself.
It shows how Vindhya, from Vaindh, meaning one who obstructs and the legend of Agastya are also a metaphor for the apparent North – South movement of the Sun being limited by the Vindhya growing tall or short – i.e. how, the story of Agastya crossing Vindhya is the metaphoric depiction of how, the Tropic of Cancer, which can be physically seen in the form of Vindhya mountains at 23.28° latitude, oscillates between 22.1° and 24.5° due to the Obliquity i.e. periodic change in title of the Earth’s axis.
The book showcases how, the legend of Vindhya and Agastya also bring out the intrinsic nature, Dharma and Rta, cosmic order of the Earth itself.
This book brings forth the beauty in how, the knowledge of sciences and the art of storytelling in Bharat have merged to explain the complex aspects of earth’s motions and all these have come down to us across times as they were internalized by the civilization as Purana, legends and traditions.
It goes on to show how, Rishi Agastya, who is venerated in Tamil Nadu as the early patron sant for Tamil, is a name, idea, memory and a continuing conscious presence spanning across Bharat, making Bharat truly an Ek Bharat Sreshta Bharat – Ore Bharatham Unnatha Bharatham.
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