áṅgiras, ās m. N. of a Ṛishi, author of the hymns of RV. ix, of a code of laws, and of a treatise on astronomy (he is said by some to have been born from Brahmā's mouth, and to have been the husband of Smṛiti, of Śraddhā, of two daughters of Maitreya, of several daughters of Daksha, &c
• he is considered as one of the seven Ṛishis of the first Manvantara, as a Prajāpati, as a teacher of the Brahmavidyā, which he had learnt from Satyavāha, a descendant of Bharadvāja, &c. Among his sons, the chief is Agni, others are Saṃvarta, Utathya, and Bṛihaspati
• among his daughters are mentioned Sinivālī, Kuhū, Rākā, Anumati, and Akūpārā
• but the Ṛicas or Vedic hymns, the manes of Havishmat, and mankind itself are styled his offspring. In astronomy he is the planet Jupiter, and a star in Ursa Major)
• N. of Agni MBh
• (asas), m. pl. descendants of Aṅgiras or of Agni (mostly personifications of luminous objects)
• the hymns of the Atharva-veda TS
• priests who by using the magical formulas of those hymns protect the sacrifice against the effects of inauspicious accidents
 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William