Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s13.24

v1.c3.s13.24

Ghora Āṅgirasa is the name of a mythical teacher in the Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa¹ and the Chāndogya Upaniṣad,² where he is teacher of the strange Kṛṣṇa Devakīputra. That the name is certainly a mere figment is shown by the fact that this ‘dread descendant of the Aṅgirases’ has a counterpart in Bhiṣaj Ātharvaṇa,³ ‘the healing descendant of the Atharvans,’ while in the Rigveda Sūtras⁴ the Atharvāṇo vedaḥ is connected with *bheṣajam* and the *Āṅgiraso vedaḥ* with *ghoram*. He is accordingly a personification of the dark side of the practice of the Atharvaveda.⁵ He is also mentioned in the Aśvamedha section of the Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā.⁶