Āyāpya (Ayapya)was one of the ṛṣivaṁśas(rishivamsa; hereditary of disciple-wise line of sages) belonging to Maharṣi (Maharshi, Great Sage) Aṇgirā (Angira). Through a genealogical or disciple-wise line from Aṇgirā, these sages were also known as Āṇgirasa (Angirasa). Āyāpya was one of the thirty three sages who were mantradraṣṭā (mantradrashta, seer of holy hymns) in the vaṁśa (vamsa) of Aṇgirā.