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ID: 901000900
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000900
Record Type: Character/Person

Agastya (Hindu character)

Note: Agastya, revered as the Brahman who brought Sanskrit-speaking civilization to South India, drank and digested the ocean. When the Vindhya mountain range would not stop growing, Agastya crossed it to the south and commanded it to cease growing until his return; he still has not returned.

Names:
Agastya (Hindu character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
Akattiyar (Hindu character) (English,U,N)
Akattiya Mun̲ivar (Hindu character) (undetermined,U,N)
Akastiya Māmun̲ivar (Hindu character) (undetermined,U,N)
Akattiyamun̲ivar (Hindu character) (undetermined,U,N)
Kumbamuni (Hindu character) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Hindu iconography> (P)
........<Hindu characters> (P)
............Agastya (Hindu character) (I)
Other Relationships:
culture/religion is .... Brahman
.....(Hinduism, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... sage
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... literary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
flourished/active in .... India
.....(Asia) (TGN)
identified as .... Agastya (Indian Hindu author, sage, 7th century)
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:
Agastya (Hindu character)
................Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Akattiyar (Hindu character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 83207427
Akattiya Mun̲ivar (Hindu character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Akastiya Māmun̲ivar (Hindu character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Akattiyamun̲ivar (Hindu character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Kumbamuni (Hindu character)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Hinduism," accessed 9 June 2017
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) n 83207427
................ British Museum [online] (1999-) http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=266553&partId=1&searchText=Agastya&page=1

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