Aṅgiras (Son of Puru)

Aṅgiras

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Aṅgiras was one of the six sons of Puru and his wife Āgneyī, in the line of Svāyambhuva Manu that passed through Cākshusha Manu. He was a brother of Aṅga, the father of Vena. He is not Aṅgiras Maharshi, the mind-born son of Brahmā and one of the saptarshis.

Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis the lineage. Cākshusha Manu had ten sons by Naḍvalā, the daughter of Vairāja Prajāpati: Kutsa, Purusha, Śatadyumna, Tapasvī, Satyavāk, Kavi, Agnishṭut, Atirātra, Sudyumna and Abhimanyu. From Puru (named Purusha in that list), Āgneyī bore six sons: Aṅga, Sumanas, Khyāti, Kratu, Aṅgiras and Gaya. This Āgneyī is not the Āgneyī who was the wife of Havirdhāna.

His brother Aṅga married the daughter of Sunītha, and their son was Vena. When Vena committed his offence, the ṛshis churned his right hand, and from it rose Pṛthu, who held a bow and wore armour, blazing like fire. Pṛthu was the first of all kings to receive the abhisheka of the rājasūya, and after him the earth is called Pṛthivī.

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 2