[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.167 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.167 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.167 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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 - [Previous: v1.c3.166](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.166) - [Next: v1.c3.168](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.168) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.167](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.167) · Pramāṇa