阿那苏耶

Also known as Ansuya Devi, Uttarakhand, Anusuya Devi, Uttarakhand

Anasuya () is an ascetic, and the wife of Sage Atri in Hinduism. She is the daughter of Devahuti and the Prajapati Kardama in Hindu texts. In the Ramayana, she lives with her husband in a small hermitage on the southern border of the Chitrakuta forest. A pious woman who leads an austere life, she is described as having miraculous powers.

Key facts

Deity.type: Hindu
Deity.name: Anasuya
Deity.parents: Devahuti (mother) Kardama (father)
Deity.children: Dattatreya Chandra Durvasa Shubhatreyi (Brahma Purana)
Deity.spouse: Atri
Deity.image: 250px
Deity.caption: Anasuya explains to the Tridevi that the Trimurti had been turned into infants. This lithograph by Raja Ravi Varma Press depicts one version of the legend in which the Trimurti merge and turn into Anasuya's three-headed son, Dattatreya.
Deity.texts: Ramayana, Puranas