Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.167

v1.c3.167

Aṅgiras.—The Aṅgirases appear in the Rigveda¹ as semi-mythical beings, and no really historical character can be assigned even to those passages² which recognize a father of the race, Aṅgiras. Later, however, there were definite families of Aṅgirases, to whose ritual practices (*ayana*, *dvirātra*) references are made.³