Angiras
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1.Angiras (अंगिरस्, pronounced as "əngirəs"; nominative sigular Angirā - अंगिरा, pronounced as "əngirα:") is the name of a Vedic rishi (or sage) who, along with sage Atharvan, is credited to have formulated ("heard") most of the fourth Veda called Atharvaveda. He is also mentioned in the other three Vedas. Sometimes he is reckoned as one of the Seven Great Sages, or saptarishis. His wife is Surūpa and his sons are Utatya, Samvartana and Brihaspati. He is a Manasaputra (wish-born-son) of Lord Brahma. Other accounts say that he married Swadhā, the daughter of Daksha.
2.Angirasas: The generic name of several Puranic individuals and things; a class of Pitris, the ancestors of man according to Hindu Vedic writings, and probably descended from the sage Angiras. Agni is sometimes referred to as Angiras or as a descendant of Angiras (Rig-Veda 1.1) . In the Rig-Veda, Indra drives out cows from where they had been imprisoned by either a demon (Vala) or multiple demons (the Panis) and gifts them to the Angirasas (Rig-Veda 3.31, 10.108 and a reference in 8.14).
