South Indian Bronzes: A Historical Survey of South Indian Sculpture with Iconographical Notes Based on Original Sources c6.18

c6.18

⁴ Ram Raja in referring to this MSS. mistranslates the title as ‘the universal authority.’ According to the autobiography given in the Tamil work, “Agastya Jnyana” now in the Government Oriental Library, Madras, the sage was directed by Siva to compose various *Sastras* and he accordingly wrote 100,000 stanzas on Rasāyana (Alchemy), 200,000 on Medicine and 100,000 on divine wisdom. A list of 32 works is also ascribed to Agastya, one of which is Pujā vidhi (Rules of Worship) of 200 verses. Probably *Sakalādhikāra* formed portion of this work.