Editing Agastya (section)

==Etymology and nomenclature==
[[File:MET 1993 387 2 357588.jpg|thumb|Sage Agastya in seated posture. This sculpture is from [[Khmer Empire|Angkor period]], Cambodia, {{circa|975 CE}}.]]
Several different etymologies have been suggested for "Agastya". One theory states that the root is ''Aj'' or ''Anj'', which connotes "brighten, effulgent one" and links Agastya to "one who brightens" in darkness, and Agastya is traditionally the Indian name for [[Canopus]], the second most brilliantly shining star found in skies in the Indian sub-continent, next to Sirius.{{sfn|Hiltebeitel|2011|p=407}} 
A third theory links it to Indo-European origins, through the Iranian word ''gasta'' which means "sin, foul", and ''a-gasta'' would mean "not sin, not foul".<ref>Edwin Bryant and Laurie Patton (2005), The Indo-Aryan Controversy, Routledge, {{ISBN|0-700-71462-6}}, pages 252–253</ref> The fourth theory, based on folk etymology in verse 2.11 of the ''Ramayana'' states that Agastya is from ''aga'' (unmoving or mountain) and ''gam'' (move), and together these roots connote "one who is mover-of-mountains", or "mover-of-the-unmoving".{{sfn|Daniélou|1991|pp=322–323 with footnotes 5 and 6}} The word is also written as '''Agasti''' and '''Agathiyar'''.{{sfn|Shulman|2016|pp=17,25-30|ps=: "agasti, Tamil, akatti, "West Indian pea-tree", presumably the origin of the name of the Vedic sage Agastya"}}<ref name="Indian History">{{citation |title=Indian History |date=December 2006 |publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill |page=240 |isbn=9780070635777 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CeEmpfmbxKEC&pg=SL1-PA240 }}</ref>