Śivā (wife of Anila)

Śivā, “the auspicious one”

Śiva has other meanings too: see all meanings of Śiva.

Śivā is the wife of Anila, one of the eight famous Vasus, and the mother of his two sons, Manojava and Avijñātagati. The Brahma Purāṇa names her in the account of the Vasus and their families.

In the line of the Vasus

Lomaharshaṇa tells the munis the origin of the devas and the other beings. He names the eight famous Vasus: Āpa, Dhruva, Soma, Dhava, Anila, Anala, Pratyūsha and Prabhāsa, and then their sons and families. Anila’s wife is Śivā, and her two sons are Manojava and Avijñātagati.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 3