m. [aṃgati-aṃgaga- tau asi iruṭ;] Uṇ. 4. 235; according to Ait. Br. aṃgiras is from aṃgāra; ye aṃ- gārā āsaṃsteṃgiraso'bhavan; so Nir; aṃgāreṣu yoba bhūva soṃgirāḥ] N. of a celebrated sage to whom many hymns of the Ṛgveda are ascribed. (Etymologically Aṅgiras is connected with the word Agni and is often regarded as its synonym (śivo bhava prajābhyo mānuṣībhyastvamaṃgiraḥ; aṃgirobhiḥ ṛṣibhiḥ saṃpādita- tvāt...