Dictionary Meaning of அகத்தியன்

அகஸ்திய நக்ஷத்திரம். அகத்திய னென்னு மீன் உயர்ந்த தன்னிடத்தைக் கடந்து மிதுனத்தைப் பொருந்த (பரிபா.11,11,உரை). 2. The star Canopus, of which Agastya is the regent;
ஒரு முனிவர். (கம்பரா. அகத்தியப். 26.) 1. Name of a sage, author of several Vedic hymns, said to have founded a Brāhman colony in South India, written on medicine, and composed the first Tamil grammar;

அகஸ்தியன், s. Agastya, a famous poet and sage, who is said to have organized the Tamil language having learned it from Skanda, and who is the author of several Tamil works.

[akattiyaṉ ] --அகஸ்தியன், ''s.'' A poet and sage celebrated in the Ramayanam, Skandam and other works of antiquity. He is regarded as the former of the Tamil language which he is said to have learned of Skanda the son of Siva. He is also the reputed author of several works, still ex tant, in whole or in part, in the Tamil lan guage; such as, a Grammar, Materia Med ica, a work on Astrology, Astronomy, and several essays on the unity of the divine being, as opposed to the popular system of polytheism, &c. He is regarded as the son of both Mythra and Varuna by Urvasi; is represented to be of very short stature, and to have been born in a water jar. He is famed for having compressed and swallow ed the ocean, for the sake of the celestials. Other wonderful stories are also told of him, and received with undoubted credence. He is considered as the regent of the star Can opus, குறுமுனி. Wils. p. 5. AGASTYA.

n. < Agastya.1. Name of a sage, author of several Vēdichymns, said to have founded a Brāhman colonyin South India, written on medicine, and composed the first Tamil grammar; ஒரு முனிவர்.(கம்பரா. அகத்தியப். 26.) 2. The star Canopus,of which Agastya is the regent; அகஸ்திய நக்ஷத்திரம். அகத்திய னென்னு மீன் உயர்ந்த தன்னிடத்தைக்கடந்து மிதுனத்தைப் பொருந்த (பரிபா. 11, 11, உரை).