Aṅgiras
group · 2 works · 4 mentions · 6 anchored passages
also in the atlas: Aṅgiras the figure
Aṅgirases · the Aṅgiras
in the texts
Rigveda
Ancient priestly clan/seers associated with the Dawn and with Bṛhaspati's breaking of the Vala cave.
He, with the well-praising, hymn-singing troop, broke the Vala cave with his roar like a wedge;
Might it be, O divine ones, an ancient or fresh journey of yours, O Dawns, today — that which shone richly for the nine-rayed Aṅgiras, the ten-rayed, and the seven-mouthed, O rich ones?
Self-purifying, o Soma, wakeful, beloved as you flow around through the wool filter — you have become the inspired sage, the most Aṅgiras-like;
Atharvaveda (Paippalāda)
Ancient class of mythic sages/priests counted among the Fathers, associated with a distinct cosmic path and the eastern sacrificial fire.
The eastern fire is the pathway of the Aṅgirases;
Come here, O Yama, with the Aṅgiras worthy of sacrifice;
The Aṅgiras are our Fathers, the Navagvas, the Atharvans, the Bhṛgus, who belong to Soma.