Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c24.77

c24.77

The genealogy says there were 15 parties (pakṣa) among the Āṅgirasas, but 16 or 17 names are given, namely, Ayāsya, Utathya (Ucathya), Vāmadeva, Auśija, Bhāradvāja, Sāṅkṛti, Garga, Kaṇva, Rathītara, Mudgala, Viṣṇuvṛddha, Harita, Kapi, Rūkṣa (read Urukṣaya), Bharadvāja, Ārṣabha and Kitu. Matsya 196 names all these as gotras except the last two. Of these parties, however, the nine, Sāṅkṛtis to Urukṣayas, were not Āṅgirasas by origin, but sprang from kṣatriyas and were incorporated among the Āṅgirasas. The Kaṇvas became brahmans straightway, as will be now explained, but all the rest of these became kṣatriyan brahmans, as will be explained in chapter XXIII, and ultimately wholly brahmans. Most of these names are also mentioned as those of celebrated Āṅgirasa hymn-makers.²