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1. अङ्गिरस् aṅgiras, अङ्गिरस् Masculine [अङ्गति-अङ्ग् गतौ असि इरुट्; Uṇ 4. 235; according to Ait. Br. अङ्गिरस् is from अङ्गार; ये अङ्गारा आसंस्तेऽङ्गिरसोऽभवन्; so Nir.; अङ्गारेषु यो बभूव सोऽङ्गिराः] Name of a celebrated sage to whom many hymns of the Rigveda (ix) are ascribed. Etymologically Aṅgira is connected with the word Agni and is often regarded as its synonym (शिवो भव प्रजाभ्यो मानुषीभ्यस्त्व- मङ्गिरः; अङ्गिरोभिः ऋषिभिः संपादितत्वात् अङ्गसौष्ठवाद्वा अङ्गिरा अग्निरूपः) According to Bhārata he was son of Agni. When Agni began to practise penance, Aṅgiras himself became Agni and surpassed him in power and lustre, seeing which Agni came to the sage and said: निक्षिपाम्यहमग्नित्वं त्वमग्निः प्रथमो भव । भविष्यामि द्वितीयोऽहं प्राजा- पत्यक एव च ॥ Aṅgiras said: कुरु पुण्यं प्रजासर्गं भवाग्निस्तिमि- रापहः । मां च देव कुरुष्वाग्ने प्रथमं पुत्रमञ्जसा ॥ तत्श्रुत्वाङ्गिरसो वाक्यं जातवेदास्तथाऽकरोत्. He was one of the 1 mind-born sons of Brahmā. His wife was Śraddhā, daughter of Kardama and bore him three sons, Bṛhaspati, Utathya and Saṁvarta, and 4 daughters Kuhū, Sinīvālī, Rākā and Anumati. The Matsya Purāṇa says that Aṅgiras was one of the three sages produced from the sacrifice of Varuṇa and that he was adopted by Agni as his son and acted for some time as his regent. Another account, however, makes him father of Agni. He was one of the seven great sages and also one of the 1 Prajāpatis or progenitors of mankind. In latter times Aṅgiras was one of the inspired lawgivers, and also a writer on Astronomy. As an astronomical personification he is Bṛhaspati, regent of Jupiter or Jupiter itself. शिष्यैरुपेता आजग्मु: कश्यपाङ्गिरसादयः (Bhāg. 1.9.8.) He is also regarded as the priest of the gods and the lord of sacrifices. Besides Śraddhā his wives were Smṛti, two daughters of Maitreya, some daughters of Dakṣa, Svadhā and Satī. He is also regarded as teacher of Brahmavidyā. The Vedic hymns are also said to be his daughters. According to the Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Aṅgiras begot sons possessing Brahmanical glory on the wife of Rāthītara, a Kṣatriya who was childless and these persons were afterwards called descendants of Aṅgiras. The principal authors of vedic hymns in the family of Aṅgiras were 33. His family has three distinct branches केवलाङ्गिरस, गौतमाङ्गिरस and भारद्वाजाङ्गिरस each branch having a number of subdivisions. - (Plural)
2. Descendants of Aṅgiras, [Aṅgiras being father of Agni they are considered as descendants of Agni himself who is called the first of the Aṅgirasas. Like Aṅgiras they occur in hymns addressed to luminous objects, and at a later period they became for the most part personifications of light, of luminous bodies, of divisions of time, celestial phenomena and fires adapted to peculiar occasions, as the full moon and change of the moon, or to particular rites, as the अश्वमेध, राजसूय etc.]
3. Hymns of the Atharvaveda.
4. Priests, who, by using magical formulas of the Atharvaveda, protect the sacrifice against the effects of inauspicious accidents.

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1. masculine gender Name of a R2ishi ऋषि, author of the hymns of fg-veda ix, of a code of laws, and of a treatise on astronomy (he is said by some to have been born from Brahma1 ब्रह्मा 's mouth, and to have been the husband of Smr2iti स्मृति, of S3raddha1 श्रद्धा, of two daughters of Maitreya मैत्रेय, of several daughters of Daksha दक्ष, etc.; he is considered as one of the seven R2ishis ऋषि s of the first Manvantara मन्वन्तर, as a Praja1pati प्रजापति, as a teacher of the Brahmavidya1 ब्रह्मविद्या, which he had learnt from Satyava1ha सत्यवाह, a descendant of Bharadva1ja भरद्वाज, etc. Among his sons, the chief is Agni अग्नि, according to others are Sam2varta संवर्त, Utathya उतथ्य, and Br2ihaspati बृहस्पति; among his daughters are mentioned Sini1va1li1 सिनीवाली, Kuhu1 कुहू, Ra1ka1 राका, Anumati अनुमति, and Aku1pa1ra1 अकूपारा; but the R2icas ऋच s or Vedic hymns, the manes of Havishmat हविष्मत्, and mankind itself are styled his offspring. In astronomy he is the planet Jupiter, and a star in Ursa Major)
2. masculine gender Name of Agni अग्नि MBh.
3. masculine gender plural (असस्) descendants of An3giras अङ्गिरस् or of Agni अग्नि (mostly personifications of luminous objects)
4. masculine gender the hymns of the Atharva अथर्व - veda वेद TS.
5. masculine gender priests who by using the magical formulas of those hymns protect the sacrifice against the effects of inauspicious accidents.