Agastya's Birth in a Pot

[Christophe Vielle]

Beside the Rm passage (crit. ed. Bk 7 App. I n°8 = vulg. ed. 7, ch. 56-7),
and the purANic ones (see Pargiter 1922, p. 214-5)
there are also Vedic references to that tradition:
RgV 7, 33, 11-3
BRhaddevatA 5, 149-54 (ed. Macdonell)
SarvAnukramaNI ad RgV I, 166
See Geldner 1892, p. 138-43, and Sieg 1902, p. 105-6.

>Dear List Members,
>
>Can anyone direct me to Puranic or epic sources regarding Agastya
>being born in a pot. Thanks much.
>
>                      David Mellins


Dr. Christophe Vielle
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