Vedic Mythology c6.s4.6

c6.s4.6

According to the tradition found in the Anukramaṇī of the RV., the Aṅgirases must have been regarded as an actual priestly family, as the composition of the ninth book is attributed to members of it³. Priestly families also seem to be alluded to in the compound Atharvā-aṅgirasaḥ, which occurs as a designation of the AV. in that Veda itself (AV. 10, 7²⁰) and later (ŚB. 11, 5, 6⁷ &c.)⁴.