Angirasa · Atlas

in the texts

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 twice-born, prostrating themselves before the sage Āṅgirasa, who was the very image of fire, said to him:

I shall proclaim all those supreme Vedic laws which lead to liberation.

A child sage who instructed his elders in sacred knowledge, prompting a divine judgment on seniority by wisdom rather than age.

and the gods, having assembled, said to them, "The child has spoken rightly to you.

The child Angirasa, a sage, taught his elders;