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== Textual References ==

== Textual References ==

Sri Sayan explains “unganthi gachanthi ittangiraso ganthara” Rk Samhita, 1.100.4: that means those who are travelers, this person is the fastest traveler who can go with great speed. That is the meaning of Angirasa.   

* Sri Sayanacharya's explanation refers to  Angirasa as one who traverses with great speed.   

<blockquote>''“unganthi gachanthi ittangiraso ganthara”'' (Rk Samhita, 1.100.4) </blockquote>

* Taitriya Brahmana (3.34) explains Angirasa as “ye angara asanthe angiraso abhavan”: those who are like the cinder or angi are Angirasa.   

* Chandogya Upanishad (1.2.10) explains   

<blockquote>''“tadaham angiraha udgitaha upasam cakre ethave eva etharssam angiraha anthe anganagam hi esha rasaha”''  </blockquote>Meaning all the limbs of the body because they are controlled by “prana” that “mukya prana” himself has become anga rasa or angi rasa.   

In the Niruktha, Yaska explains 3.17 “angaresu angiraha angaraha ankanaha anchanaha” there is a very interesting “itihaas” or history it is connected to the appearance of Angiras. He was born from the “retas” or the semen of brahmaji and it was blazing like cinder and then first Aditya appeared and then Angirasa. Even for agni there is a word called Angiraha that means wherever we keep fire, it creates an impression “anka” or sign. That is the meaning of agni.   

Plentiful are such references in the vedangas.    

Similarly angirasa also means: one who creates a lasting impression in others. Taitriya Brahmana explains “ye angara asanthe angiraso abhavan”: those who are like the cinder or angi, they are Angirasa (3.34).   

Therefore that knowledge which is controlled in the darkness by the panis and such panis when they are controlled by the lamp of knowledge and it is made into lit up and one who makes such work is Angirasa, who is always residing in us. His efforts to protect the knowledge is well known around the world. In the Vedas also it is glorified in different way.   

In the upanayan (bramanical thread ceremony) the initiator, he prays that let my “medha shakti”, the wisdom power, increase and he says, let my “medha shakti” increase like Angirasa “medham mayyam angiraso medhagam sapta rushayo daduhu medham mayyam prajapathihi medhaamagnir dadathu me“(Mampra 2.4.6)  

 

 

Therefore that knowledge which is controlled in the darkness by the panis and such panis when they are controlled by the lamp of knowledge and it is made into lit up and one who makes such work is Angirasa, who is always residing in us. His efforts to protect the knowledge is well known around the world. In the Vedas also it is glorified in different way. In the upanayan (bramanical thread ceremony) the initiator, he prays that let my “medha shakti”, the wisdom power, increase and he says, let my “medha shakti” increase like Angirasa “medham mayyam angiraso medhagam sapta rushayo daduhu medham mayyam prajapathihi medhaamagnir dadathu me“(Mampra 2.4.6)  

 

Even though in the fore front the saptarishis, prajapatis and agnis are given the space, but Angirasa is given 1st position. He is the most intelligent or wise person. Therefore in Manusmruti 2.151, it is explained that the greatness is not measured by life or age, but by what knowledge they have. It is explained “ adhyapa ya masa pitrin sishurangisas kavih putraka iti o vaca jnanina parigrayyathan “ It is explained that when Angiras was a small baby he became a poet, rishi and experienced bhrama sakshatkar( realization of brahma) and then those who were elder to him like his younger father’s brother and their children, he became their “Acharya” and accepted them as his students and during the instruction, he called them “putrakaha” that means children. Therefore in the works of the Vedas, Agnirasa’s, jnana or wisdom and super human activities, and unlimited power in knowledge has been glorified. Therefore in shruti purnanas and itihaasa his name is always recollected and remembered.  

== Discussion ==

== Discussion ==