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RISHI AGASTYA
Rishi Agastya is considered as the first and foremost Siddha (knowledge and accomplishments), and therefore the guru of many Siddhars. Another name for Rishi Agastya is Kurumuni (short muni). Rishi Agastya made pioneering contributions to the field of Ayurveda (alternative medicine) and Jyotish (Vedic Astrology particularly Nadi Astrology).
Agastya is also the author of Agastya Samhita. In some reckonings, Agastya is the greatest of the Seven Sages or Saptarshis. The word is also written as Agasti. A-ga means a mountain, Asti, thrower. It is also a name of Shiva. Agastya the Muni was born of Gods, Mitra and Varuna, from Urvashi.
Rishi Agastya lived for over 5000 years, and one of his medicinal preparations, Boopathi Kuligai, was so powerful that it could even bring the dead back to life. Two of his disciples were Therayar and Tholkappiar carried this knowledge forward for him. Rishi Agastya also composed the Saraswati Stotram. (Saraswati is the Goddess of all knowledge, music and singing.
