Diagram of Agastya’s Ashram
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The hermitage of the great sage Agastya on the Pothigai Mountain that is the great Meru and sacred South Kailasa (śrītakṣaṇakaiyilāsa mahāmēru potikācala akastiyamahāriṣi āsramam)
The foundational guru who is the sacred great sage Agastya, and his cave (mūlakuru śrī akastiya mahāriṣiyum avarkukaiyum)
The seat for seeing the sage Agastya (akastiyariṣi tericaṉapīṭam)
Agastya's water-pot and from it the origin of the pilgrimage waters of the Tambirabirani River (akastiyar kamaṇṭalamum atiṉ tīrtta tāmpiraparṉinati uṟpatti)
Agastya's water-pot and from it the arising of the pilgrimage waters of the Tambirabirani Rivera (akastiyar kamaṇṭalamum atiṉ tīrtta tāmpiraparṉinati uṟpatti)
The all-encompassing pilgrimage waters of the Ganges River (carvatīrtta keṅkānati)
The River of the Accomplished Ones (cittarnati)
The Great Sage Brahmamaya Shivajnana Bodha and his cave-hermitage (pirammamaya civañāṉa pōtamahāriṣiyum avaratu kukāsramum)
Sabhapati Yogishwar, Guru of Gnosis (ñāṉa kuru capāpatiyōkīsvarar)
Paramaguru Yogishwar (paramakuru yokīsvarar)
Garden inside a cave (kukaikuḷtōṭṭam)
Pool of Immortality (amirta kuṇḍam)
The sage Pulastya (pulastiyariṣi)
The sages, siddhas, and yogins' public seat of steadfast yoga atop the mountain (parvatavucciyil riṣikaḷ cittarkaḷ yōkīsvararkaḷiṉ potu niṣṭai yōkapīṭam)
Other sages, accomplished ones, and sovereign yogins (maṟṟa riṣikaḷ cittarkaḷ yōkīsvararkaḷ)
Female sovereign yogins (stiriyōkīsvarikaḷ)
The cave and forest of Kannika Yogishwari and the accomplished ones who assist her with the attraction [mantras] for Shakti and the worship rites for the Goddess (kaṉṉikāyōkīsvarikaḷiṉ kukaiyum vaṉamum ivarkaḷ cittarkaḷiṉ tēvipūjaikkum cakti ākraṣaṇattiṟkum utavuvōrkaḷ)
Worship ritual-platform for the Goddess Kannika (kaṉṉikātēvi pūjaimēṭai)
The river that is the pilgrimage waters of the absolute Shakti (carvacaktitīrttanati)
The Kannika River (kaṉṉikānati)
A garden as a cave (kukaivākaltōṭṭam)
Source:
Diagram One of Ñāṉakuruyōki capāpati Cuvāmikaḷ, Carvōpatēsa Tatvañāṉa Civarājayōka Svayap Pirammañāṉāṉupūti Vētapōtam (Madras: Empress of India Piras [Press], 1889).
Translation from Tamil by Keith Edward Cantú.
Colorized version made with Adobe Photoshop by Keith Edward Cantú.