Diagram of the Guru Line

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1. The great rishi Agastya (akastiyamakā ruṣi)

2. The rishi Shiva Jnana Bodha (civakñāṉapōta ruṣi)

3. Guru Father Rishi (kurupitā ruṣi)

4. Mount Agastya, the southern Kailasa mountain (takṣaṇakailācaparvata akastiyācalam)

5. Thamirabarani River (tāmparaparaṇi nati)

6. The triple-braided confluence (tiruvēṇi caṅkam = triveṇi saṅga)

7. The river of immortality (ammiruta nati)

8. The river of accomplishment (cittinati)

9. [No translation yet] (joṉaikaḷ)

10. The pilgrimage bathing pond of the infinite spiritual head of Agastya (akastiya piramma kapālakuṇṭa tīrttam)

11. Caves (kuhaikaḷ)

Source:

Capāpati Cuvāmikaḷ, Carva māṉaca nittiya karmānuṣṭāṉa, carva tēvatātēvi māṉaca pūjāttiyāṉa, pirammakñāṉa rājayōka niṣṭai camāti, carva tīkṣākkramattiyāṉa, cātaṉā appiyāca kiramāṉucantāṉa, caṅkiraha vēta tiyāṉōpatēca smiruti (Tiruccirāppaḷḷi: Ṣaṇmukavilās Piras, 1913).

Color version made by Keith Edward Cantú in Adobe Photoshop.