[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.s13.24 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s13.24 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s13.24 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.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 - [Previous: v1.c3.s13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s13.23) - [Next: v1.c3.s13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s13.25) - [Up: v1.c3.s13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s13.24) · Pramāṇa