The elephant of the asuras. The three elephants born along with it were Airavata (not Indra’s) Vamana and Kumuda. Mahabharata Udyogaparva Chapter 99 verse 15, Bhishmaparva Chapter 67 verse 57, Dronaparva Chapter 112 verse 32 all have mentions of asuras riding on Anjana to battle.

Hanuman’s mother. Anjana was the wife of Kesari and the daughter of Kunjara, both great vanaras.

Shiva and Parvati once visited the jungles in vanar form and copulated. Parvati became pregnant, but gave away her unborn child to Vayu. At that time, Anjana was praying for a child. Vayu gave Parvati’s child to Anjana, and that’s how Anjana gave birth to Hanuman, as per Ramayana Kishkindakanda Sarga 66.

Anjana gave birth to Hanuman in a forest called Kanaka which lay in a valley south of Meru. She was scared when she first saw Hanuman, because he blazed brilliantly like the sun. He soon started to cry for his mother’s milk. But Anjana told him that red fruits were the food of vanaras and he could eat anything so long as it was red in color. Anjana then transformed into a deva woman and left for the heavens.

According to Uttararamayana, Anjana was a deva woman in her previous birth. She was born as a vanar because of a curse, which was broken when she gave birth to Hanuman. See Punjikasthala for more details.

According to Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 63 verse 8, Vyasa intended the Mahabharata to be the fifth veda.

According to Mahabharata Shalyaparva Chapter 45 verse 60, Ajodara was part of Skanda’s army.

One of Vishwakarma’s sons. Brahma created Vishwakarma and he had five sons named Ajaikapat, Ahirbudhnya, Twashta, Barhishmati and Rudra as per Vishnupurana Ansh 1 Chapter 15. Ajaikapat is said to be one of the people who guards the world’s wealth, as per Mahabharata Udyogaparva Chapter 114 verse 4.

He was one of the eleven rudras born from Brahma’s son Sthanu. According to Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 66 verse 2, the others were Mrigavyaadha, Nirriti, Ahirbudhnya, Pinaki, Sarpa, Dahana, Ishvara, Kapali, Bharga and Sthanu. However, the Vishnupurana Ansh 1 Chapter 5 names Hara, Bahurupa, Trayambaka, Aparajita, Vrishakapi, Shambhu, Kapardi, Raivata, Mrigavyaadha, Sharva and Kapali as the eleven rudras.

Ajeya was a king in ancient India. According to Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 1 verse 234, Ajeya was among those mentioned when Sanjaya described to Dhritarashtra the various kings who had been endowed with divine weapons, and were akin to the devas in terms of stature and sense of justice.

Also known as Richika. Ajigarta was a greedy brahmin.

The king Harishchandra was childless and prayed to Varuna. Varuna blessed that he would have a child soon, but the condition was that Harishchandra would have to sacrifice the child to Varuna soon. After the son was born, Harishchandra was reluctant to give his son away. Vishwamitra advised him to buy another boy and sacrifice him instead. As per this advice, Harishchandra sent his minister to buy a boy. Ajigarta was a poor but greedy brahmin who lived in Ayodhya, and had three sons. The minister came across Ajigarta and asked him if he would sell one of the boys for a hundred cows. Ajigarta realised that he would never have another chance to amass such wealth in so short a time, and therefore sold his son Shunashefa, according to Devibhagavata Skandas 7,8. For the remaining story, see Shunashefa.

See Shakavarsha

Antecedents: Vishnu – Brahma – Marichi – Kashyapa – Vaivasvatamanu – Uttanapada – Dhruva – Shishti – Ripu – Chakshusha – Manu – Uru – Anga – Vena – Pridhu – Antardhana – Havirdhana – Ajina.

Pridhu had two sons named Antardhana and Vadi. Antardhana and Shikhandini had a child named Havirdhana. According to Vishnupurana Ansh 1 Chapter 14, Havirdhana’s wife was Dhishana and they had six sons – Prachinabarhis, Shukra, Gaya, Krishna, Vajra, Ajina.