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aṇgirasa 

An occasional epithet of the Buddha in Pāli sources. The name derives from an ancient tribe to which, according the Vedic tradition (see veda), the Buddha's clan (Gautama) was related.

Source
A Dictionary of Buddhism, Oxford University Press, 2003, 2004 (which is available in electronic version from answer.com)
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