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Angiras (अंगिरस्,
pronounced as "əngirəs";
nominative singular
Angirā - अंगिरा,
pronounced as "əngirα:")
is a Vedic rishi (or
sage) who, along
with sage Atharvan,
is credited to
have formulated
("heard") most of
the fourth Veda
called Atharvaveda.
He is also mentioned
in the other three
Vedas. Sometimes he
is reckoned as one
of the Seven Great
Sages, or
saptarishis of the
first Manvantara,
with others being,
Marichi, Atri,
Pulaha, Kratu,
Pulastya, and
Vashishtha
Bharadwaja maharshis
was his descendant.
.His wife is Surūpa and his sons are Utatya, Samvartana and Brihaspati. He is a Manasaputra (wish-born-son) of Lord Brahma. Other accounts say that he married smrithy, the daughter of Daksha.[citation needed] The name Angirasas is applied generically to several Puranic individuals and things; a class of Pitris, the ancestors of man according to Hindu Vedic writings, and probably descended from the sage Angiras. In the Rigveda, Agni is sometimes referred to as Angiras or as a descendant of Angiras (RV 1.1). In the Rigveda, Indra drives out cows from where they had been imprisoned by either a demon (Vala) or multiple demons (the Panis) and gifts them to the Angirasas (RV 3.31, 10.108 and a reference in 8.14). Mandala 6 of the Rigveda is attributed to a family of Angirasas. Lord Buddha is said to be a descendant of Sage Angirasa in many Buddhist texts. Scholars like Dr. Eitel connects it to the Rishi Gautama. There too were Kshatiryas of other clans to whom members descend from Angirasa, to fulfill a childless king's wish. |
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