The son of the sage Anamitra who was born as Chakshusha,  the sixth Manu.

When Aananda was a child, his mother was playing with him when he suddenly laughed. When his mother asked him for the reason, he pointed to two cats and said that while his mother was playing with him, the cats considered him their food. Later, one of the cats carried him away. Meanwhile, a child was born to the king Vikranta. The cat replaced that child with Aananda. The king raised him and called him Aananda. During his upanayana ceremony, the purohit asked him to pay obeisance to his mother. Aananda revealed that he was not the prince and the king’s son lived elsewhere. He also said that thanks to many births, a person would have several mothers. He then left for the jungles to meditate. After a long time, Brahma appeared, blessed him and said that he would be born as the sixth Manu and lead the world. Aananda ended his meditation and later, as per Brahma’s blessing, was born as Chakshusha, according to Markandeyapurana.