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existed in the woods. They could not be availed of by those people who witnessed these forest mass fires. But the daring Aryans had such scientists who wanted to know the phenomenon of fire. It might have been that some burning charcoal (Angārā) became separated from the mass fire. It might have come in contact with some animal flesh. That might have been tasted by some people who relished it better than the raw flesh. It might have also been possible that some people might have tried for long to separate a part of the burning mass fire and carried on experiments with it and found it more helpful to their better existence. But the separation of Angārā (a piece of burning charcoal) from the mass of forest fire facilitated the use of fire for human purposes. In course of time, the leader of the people who effected this scientific discovery came to be identified with it and was given the name Angiras. As Angārā enhanced his social power and prestige, hence he began to be known as the son of Angārā. This monumental discovery was made by the Angiras Gana.
Angiras is son of Angārā. Agni is born of embers of fire, of blazing embers.' Yaşka derives the word Angiras from Angar (live coal). Its Europāryan prototype Aǹgiros means 'Messenger.' Its Greek parallel angellos also means 'messenger." Angiras has been equated with Agni. Agni is Angiras." Angara is the father of Angiras and Agni.
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Angara, the separated individual fire, was first employed for domestic purposes. By and by, its use for social purposes was also discovered. It greatly helped the metallurgical industries of the Aryans, specially for the manufacture of hunting and fighting weapons. Word Angārā, and also the word Angiras, may be traced to Ang 'to go' Durga also considered it to be a verb of movement. Angārā went out of the body of mass fire, hence it came to be
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