It is an army unit. One chariot, one elephant and five soldiers make a pathi. Three pathis make a senamukha. Three senamukhas make a gulma and 3 gulmas make a gana. Three ganas make a vahini and 3 vahinis make a Pritana. Three Pritanas make a Chamu and 3 chamus make an Aneekini. A hundred Aneekinis make an Akshouhini, as per Mahabharata Adiprava Chapter 2 verses 19-22.

The brother of the Sindhu king Jayadratha, according to Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 265 verse 12. He was killed by Arjuna, as per Mahabharata Vanaparva Chapter 271 verse 27.

A kshatriya king. His son Vrishadarbhi donated him to the saptarishis in a yajna he started. The king died soon after and the land started suffering from famine. The saptarishis, who were also suffering, started cooking the king’s dead body. As per Mahabharata Anushasanaparva Chapter 96, the body refused to be cooked and remained in its original state.

The Mahabharata Anushasanaparva Chapter 149 verse 38 mentions Anila as another name for Vishnu.

The Mahabharata Anushasanaparva Chapter 17 verse 100 mentions Anila as another name for Shiva.

The Mahabharata Udyogaparva Chapter 101 verse 9 mentions an Anila as one of Garuda’s sons.

One of the ashtavasus, whose parents were Dharma and Shwasa. Anila was married to a woman named Shiva, and they had two sons – Manojava and Avijnathi, according to Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 66 verses 17-25.

The Mahabharata Anushasanaparva Chapter 115 verse 15 mentions another king Anirudha, who was a vegetarian.

A king born in the Vrishnivansh. According to Mahabharata Adiparva Chapter 185 verses 17-20, he was present at Draupadi’s swayamvar.

Krishna’s grandson.

Antecedents: Vishnu – Brahma – Atri – Chandra – Budha – Pururavas – Aayus – Nahusha – Yayati – Yadu (as per Agnipurana, Chapter 12) Yadu -Sahasrajit – Shathajit – Hehaya – Dharma – Kunti – Bhadrasena – Dhanaka – Kritavirya – Kartaviryarjuna – Jayadhwaja – Talajankha – Veetihotra – Anantha – Durjayal – Yudhajit – Shini – Satyaka – Satyaki – jaya – Kuni – Anamitra – Prishni – Chitraratha – Viduratha – Shura – Shini – Bhoja – Hridika – Shurasena – Vasudeva – Krishna – Pradyumna – Anirudha.

Krishna had 16008 wives. Pradyumna was born to him and Rukmini, and Anirudha was born to Pradyumna and Mayavati.

Banasura was the eldest of Mahabali’s hundred sons. Bana had a thousand arms. He once underwent severe penance to please Shiva and asked for a boon when Shiva appeared. He asked Shiva and Parvati to be his gatekeepers. Shiva was forced to grant it. Bana became arrogant and soon, even challenged Shiva. Shiva predicted that soon Bana’s flagpole would collapse and then, a person would arrive to defeat Bana.

Once Bana’s daughter saw Shiva and Parvati in one of their intimate moments. She was unmarried and desired a lover of her own. She conveyed this to Parvati. Parvati told her that within three days she would dream of a prince and that he would be the one for her. On the third day Usha dreamed of a youth, but woke up crying. Her friend, and the minister’s daughter Chitralekha told her that whoever the youth was, she’d get him to Usha using magic. Chitralekha started drawing the images of all the princes she knew. After drawing all the devas and other important persons, she finally reached the Yaduvanshi kings, and drew Krishna, Pradyumna and Anirudha. Usha identified Anirudha as the prince from her dream. The next night, Chitralekha used magic to transport a sleeping Anirudha from Dwaraka to Usha’s palace. Bana came to know of this affair and imprisoned Anirudha. Meanwhile, all of Dwaraka was wondering about Anirudha’s disappearance. It was then that Narada reached there and apprised Krishna and Pradyumna of the details. They proceeded to Bana’s kingdom with a huge army. Meanwhile Bana’s flagpole collapsed and he lost the battle. According to Bhagavata Dashamaskanda Chapters 61-63, Anirudha married Usha, took her to Dwaraka and their child was Vajra.

As per Mahabharata Sabhaparva Chapter 4, verse 36, Anirudha learned archery from Arjuna. Mahabharata Bhishmaparva Chapter 65 verses 69-70 compare Anirudha to Vishnu and Brahma. Anirudha is also used as another name of Vishnu in Mahabharata Anushasanaparva Chapter 149 verse 33.