Aṅgirasa
PersonAlso known as Aṅgīrasa
Một mỹ hiệu được dùng cho Đức Phật xuyên suốt Tam Tạng, được giải thích khác nhau là chỉ những tia sáng phát ra từ thân ngài, hoặc, có khả năng hơn, là một tên gọi theo dòng cha đánh dấu việc dòng họ Gautama tự nhận là hậu duệ của tộc Aṅgirasa trong kinh Vệ-đà.
A name applied to the Buddha several times in the Tipiṭaka.¹ In the Commentaries three etymologies are given: Buddhaghosa says that “it means emitting rays of various hues from the body,” and that the word is therefore applicable to all Buddhas alike.² Dhammapāla adds that it signifies being possessed of attainments such as virtue, and also that according to some, Aṅgirasa was a personal name given by the Buddha’s father in addition to Siddhatha.³
It is, however, well-known that, according to Vedic tradition, the Gautamas belong to the Aṅgirasa clan;⁴ the word, as applied to the Buddha, therefore, is probably a patronymic, in which case we have another example of a Ksatriya clan laying claim to a brahmin gotra.⁵
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