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Agni, 12, 102 n., 108; 26, 118; 41, 225, 279; 46, 1, 92, 95, 327, 348, 385, 389, 391, 412; Havishmats (manes), children of A., 25, 112; is the breath, 41, 233-5; the plants descended from A., 42, 43; invoked in an imprecation, 42, 89 sq., 161; the tree gangida called A., 42, 38, 280, 673.
(b) A. IN THE PLURAL, A FAMILY OF
PRIESTS, OR SORCERERS.
the
The A. kindled (discovered) Agni, 12, 108; 46, 391; Agni, the tutelary god of the A., 49 (i), 22; Agni, the first of the A., 41, 358; 46, 22, 129; the A. as sacrificers, 26, 28 sq.; the Maruts are like the A. with their songs, 32, 416; 'our fathers, the A., have broken even strong fortresses by their hymns, the rock by their shouting. They have opened to us the path of the great heaven; they have obtained day and sun and the shine of the dawn. They founded the Rita; they set into motion the thought of it,' 46, 74, 77; Brihaspati, descendant of the A., 42, 127 sq.; Agigarta, an Angiras, 44, xxxvi sq., xxxvii n.; sorceries come from the A., 42, 73, 80, 219, 576, 603, 624; designation of hostile sorcery practices, 42, xviii-xxiv; Saramâ threatens the Panis with the terrible A., 42, xxiii.
(c) A. IN THE PLURAL, A CLASS OF
DIVINE BEINGS.
The A. rise above (zenith), 15, 340; sprung from coals (angara), 26, 388; the court of justice belongs to the A., 29, 362; the A., the children and grandchildren of Brahman, 30, 195; worshipped at the Tarpana, 30, 243; the A. slay the Dasyus, and destroy their castles, 42, xxxiii, 86; help in battle, 42, 119; the seven Rishis or A., sons of heaven and dawn, break the rock of the cows, 46, 239, 318, 322, 326, 329 sq.; the Adityas and the A., both sprung from Pragâpati, were contending together for heaven, and sacrificed, 26, 113 sq.; 44, 152; course of Adityas, and course of A., 26, 383 sq.; Adityas, Vasus, and A., 42, 89; Adityas and A. wor
shipped, 42, 191; the light of the Bhrigus and A. is the brightest, 12, 37 sq., 38 n.; Bhrigus, or A., attained the heavenly world, 26, 272; Yama, accompanied by the A, and fathers, 12, 364 n.; 30, 226; 44, 481. See also Yama Angiras. Angirasa, Pali for Sk. Angiras, n. of a Rishi, 11, 172. Angirasa, t.t., Atharvana 'holy,' ângirasa pertaining to sorcery,' 42, 219, 624. Angirasa, 'a descendant of Angiras'; Rishis led by the old sage A., 8, 314; an epithet of Buddha, 13, 122; numerous A., 42, xxxv; Ghora A., 42, xxi, xxxv; Praketas A., 42, 163, 484 sq. See Ayâsya A., Dadhyank A., Dharuna A., Hiranyastûpa A., Kutsa A. Angirasa, n. of an author on medicine, 36, 109, 109 n. Angra-mainyu, Zd., the evil spirit, Aharman and Ganrâk-maînôk in Phl., 5, 3 n., 4 n.; the Daêva of the Daêvas, 4, 224 sq.; A. and the six chief demons, 4, 139 n.; the fiend who is all death, 23, 29; the counter creations of A., 4, 1 sq., 4-10; sends diseases and deformities, 4, 17, 19; noxious animals 'the creatures of A., 4, 25, 29; creates 99,999 diseases, 4, 236-9; the accursed Khrafstras of A., 23, 310, 310 n.; attacks Zarathustra and propounds riddles to him, 4, liii, 208, 210, 210 n.; sends the demon Bûiti to kill Zarathustra, 4, 208-10; Ahura Mazda opposed by A., 31, xviii sq.; not mentioned in Darius's inscriptions, 31, xxx; not mentioned in the first statement of the doctrine of dualism, 31, 25 n.; compare Ahimanyu, 32, 119; flings the Pairikas against the stars that have in them the seed of waters, 23, 104; Takhma Urupa rides A. turned into a horse, 23, 252, 252 11., 292 sq.; drags the souls of the wicked into hell, 23, 340; created Azi Dahâka, 31, 233; spells against A., 4, 126, 138, 141, 146 sq.; 31, 312 sq., 390; conquered by the Airyama Ishyo prayer, 4, 247; 23, 43-7; glorifies the powers of AshaVahista, 23, 41, 45; religion the
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