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Agastya is bright blue (*śyāma*) in colour; Kāśyapa, yellow (*pīta*); Bhṛigu, dark or black (*kṛishṇa*); Vaśishṭha, red (*rakta*); Bhārgava, brownish (*piṅgala*); Viśvāmitra, red (*rakta*); and Bharadvāja, yellow (*haridra*, *lit.* turmeric-coloured). They are represented in a purely human shape, being two-armed and two-eyed; they wear yellow garments and the sacred thread (*yajña-sūtra*), and are distinguished by the matted hair of the ascetics (*jaṭājūṭa*). In their two hands they hold a staff (*daṇḍa*) and a book (*pustaka*). Of Agastya, who is mentioned first among the seven sages, it is stated particularly that he is corpulent (*bṛihatkukshi*) and hump-backed (*kubjākāra*).