1. ängiras-
ängiras- m. Sänger, Priester; Name eines Priestergeschlechtes (RV +), ängira- m. (RV +). Nicht überzeugend gedeutet. Bai, BSOAS 20 (1957) 52ff. postuliert *ang- ‘singen’ in angosinu.a., dazu gr. &yyeAoc Melder, Bote [darüber noch R. Mondi, HSPh 83 (1979) 405f.]. Berechtigte Zurückhaltung gegenüber allen etymologischen Anschlüssen (auch angesichts der unklaren Wortbildung) bei Schmidt, BrI SIf. - Zu älteren … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. ängiras-, p. 103]
2. aṅgiras
aṅgiras m. N. of a Ṛṣi , author of the hymns of RV. ix , of a code of laws, and of a treatise on astronomy (he is said by some to have been born from Brahmā 's mouth, and to have been the husband of Smṛti , of Śraddhā , of two daughters of Maitreya , of several daughters of Dakṣa , &c.; he is considered as one of the seven Ṛṣi s of the first Manvantara , as a Prajāpati , as a teacher of the Brahmavidyā , which he had learnt from Satyavāha , a descendant of Bharadvāja , &c. Among his sons, the chief is Agni , others are Saṃvarta , Utathya , and Bṛhaspati ; among his daughters are mentioned Sinīvālī , Kuhū , Rākā , Anumati , and Akūpārā ; but the Ṛca s or Vedic hymns, the manes of Haviṣmat , and mankind itself are styled his offspring. In astronomy he is the planet Jupiter, and a star in Ursa Major)
3. aṅgiras
m. pl. (asas) descendants of Aṅgiras or of Agni (mostly personifications of luminous objects)
4. aṅgiras
priests who by using the magical formulas of those hymns protect the sacrifice against the effects of inauspicious accidents.