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.
Look well upon the path of cosmic order along which the Aṅgirases, the doers of good, travel.
Mātali is magnified among the wise ones, Yama among the Aṅgiras, Bṛhaspati among those rich in hymns.
Those who are of Atri and Aṅgiras, the Navagvas, eager sacrificers, bearing the gift-bestowing, possessed of sacrificial fees, well-doers — be seated on this sacred grass and rejoice.