Aṅgiras
mythological figure · 7 works · 9 mentions · 14 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Aṅgiras the group
Aṅgirasa · Angiras · blessed Manu is separate · Āṅgirasa · Āṅgirāḥ
in the texts
Rigveda
Ancestral sage-figure/epithet associated with Bṛhaspati and the release of the cows.
For thy glory the mountain opened wide when the cave of the cows was unsealed, O Aṅgiras.
Honoring him with homage like an Aṅgiras, I make him new for the ancient gain.
The young man winning together with the young ones, exulting — then he became Aṅgiras, praising immediately.
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
The sage Aṅgiras, legendary author of the Dharmaśāstra text, who bows to the universal god and proclaims dharma for the sake of revealing it.
Thus the Āṅgirasa.
**Thus ends the Earlier Āṅgirasa text in the Smṛti of Aṅgiras.
Now I shall declare from the beginning the authority for the three:
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Divine seer-figure named alongside Atharvan as standing supreme within Kāla.
In Kāla this divine Aṅgiras and Atharvan stand supreme.
Sāmaveda
Ancestral sage/deity figure to whom Soma is compared as inspired sage.
you have become the inspired sage, the most like Aṅgiras — sprinkle our sacrifice with honey.
Manusmṛti
A sage named as father of the Havishmantas.
the Havishmantas are the sons of Angiras;
Parāśara Smṛti
Sage listed among authors of dharma texts.
those of Atri, Viṣṇu, Saṃvarta, and Dakṣa, as well as Aṅgiras;
Vīramitrodaya
Sage/lawgiver cited repeatedly as an authority on śrāddha and impurity rules.
Aṅgiras says:
And this collection of bones should be done from the day of cremation for both those with and without sacred fires.
And from the statement of Āṅgirasa, the view that impurity is for ten days for all is the one now widely followed and is in agreement with the practice of Kṣatriyas, etc.