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<blockquote>"unganthi gachanthi ittangiraso ganthara"</blockquote>
 
<blockquote>"unganthi gachanthi ittangiraso ganthara"</blockquote>
 
* '''Nirukta''' : Yaskacharya's explanation is connected to the appearance of Angirasa.   
 
* '''Nirukta''' : Yaskacharya's explanation is connected to the appearance of Angirasa.   
<blockquote>"''“angaresu angiraha angaraha ankanaha anchanaha'' ''(Nirukta  3.17)''"</blockquote>He was born from the “retas or the semen of Brahma and it was blazing like cinder and then first Aditya appeared and then Angirasa. Even for agni there is a word called "Angaraha" meaning one which creates an impression “anka or sign. Similarly Angirasa also means: one who creates a lasting impression in others.   
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<blockquote>"“angaresu angiraha angaraha ankanaha anchanaha (Nirukta  3.17)"</blockquote>He was born from the “retas or the semen of Brahma and it was blazing like cinder and then first Aditya appeared and then Angirasa. Even for agni there is a word called "Angaraha" meaning one which creates an impression “anka or sign. Similarly Angirasa also means: one who creates a lasting impression in others.   
* '''Brahmana''' : Taitriya Brahmana explains Angirasa as those who are like the cinder or angi.   
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* '''Brahmana''' : Taitriya Brahmana explains Angirasa as those who are like the cinder or agni.   
<blockquote>"''“ye angara asanthe angiraso abhavan (Taitriya Brahmana 3.34)''"</blockquote>
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<blockquote>"ye angara asanthe angiraso abhavan" (Taitriya Brahmana 3.34)</blockquote>
* '''Upanishad''' :  Chandogya Upanishad explains that because all the limbs of the body are controlled by “prana that “mukya prana itself has become anga rasa or angirasa.   
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* '''Upanishad''' :  Chandogya Upanishad explains as below that because all the limbs of the body are controlled by “prana that “mukya prana itself has become anga rasa or angirasa.   
<blockquote>"''“tadaham angiraha udgitaha upasam cakre ethave eva etharssam angiraha anthe anganagam hi esha rasaha (Chan Upan 1.2.10)'' "</blockquote>
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<blockquote>"तँहाङ्गिरा उद्गीथमुपासांचक्र एतमु एवाऽऽङ्गिरसं मन्यन्तेऽङ्गानां यद्रसः ||" (Chan. Upan. 1.2.10)</blockquote><blockquote>"tam̐hāṅgirā udgīthamupāsāṁcakra etamu evā<nowiki>''</nowiki>ṅgirasaṁ manyante'ṅgānāṁ yadrasaḥ ||" (Chan. Upan. 1.2.10)</blockquote>
 
* In the Upanayanam kriya (thread ceremony) the Initiator, prays "let my medha shakti, the wisdom power, increase like Angirasa.   
 
* In the Upanayanam kriya (thread ceremony) the Initiator, prays "let my medha shakti, the wisdom power, increase like Angirasa.   
 
<blockquote>"''“medham mayyam angiraso medhagam sapta rushayo daduhu medham mayyam prajapathihi medhaamagnir dadathu me“ ('''Mampra 2.4.6''')''"</blockquote>Plentiful are such references in the vedangas. The mention of Angirasa in various scriptures and the significance of Angirasa's knowledge of the characteristics of cows is also noteworthy as evident from the Rg Veda 10th mandala mantras.   
 
<blockquote>"''“medham mayyam angiraso medhagam sapta rushayo daduhu medham mayyam prajapathihi medhaamagnir dadathu me“ ('''Mampra 2.4.6''')''"</blockquote>Plentiful are such references in the vedangas. The mention of Angirasa in various scriptures and the significance of Angirasa's knowledge of the characteristics of cows is also noteworthy as evident from the Rg Veda 10th mandala mantras.   

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