Angirasa
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages · author page
Aṅgiras · the child Angirasa · the sage Āṅgirasa · Āṅgirasa
in the texts
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
The sage after whom the text is named; approached by the twice-born to expound dharma, and who proceeds to declare the Vedic laws.
**The Smṛti of Aṅgiras**
**The Earlier Aṅgiras Text**
I shall proclaim all those supreme Vedic laws which lead to liberation.
Manusmṛti
A child sage who instructed his elders in sacred knowledge, prompting a divine judgment on seniority by wisdom rather than age.
The child Angirasa, a sage, taught his elders;
and the gods, having assembled, said to them, "The child has spoken rightly to you.