Ancient Indian Historical Tradition c28.s2.t5.6

c28.s2.t5.6

Urukṣaya and Kapi would seem to be named as hymn-makers among the Āṅgirasas.⁹ The genealogy speaks of the Kāpyas as distinct from the Urukṣayas, for it says the Urukṣayas all became brahmans (line 11) and the Kāpyas were kṣatriyan brahmans (line 13).¹⁰ Hence it suggests that the descendants of Urukṣaya’s two elder sons formed the Urukṣayas, and those of Kapi a distinct gotra. All joined the Āṅgirasas, and so in the Āṅgirasa vaṃśa is named Urukṣaya,¹¹ though not Kapi unless Kapibhū stands for it.¹²