Anila

Anila is presented within Hindu religious literature as one of the Vasus, a group of attendant elemental deities who represent aspects of the cosmos. As a member of this class, Anila's identity is bound up with the Vasu collective role in the pantheon: the Vasus function as elemental or attendant gods, and individual Vasus may be understood both as distinct persons and as forms or aspects of greater deities. In the sources available here Anila is explicitly linked to the wind deity Vayu and is regarded, when enumerated among the Vasus, as a form or aspect of that wind god.

The available sources do not provide an iconographic or physical description specific to Anila. The cited material identifies Anila by name and role (one of the Vasus associated with wind) but contains no details on posture, attributes, color, mounts, or conventional depiction. Thus, while Vasus in broader Hindu iconography may be treated as divine attendants or elemental figures, no specific appearance for Anila is recorded in the provided sources.

The sources attribute to Anila the elemental domain of wind/air by virtue of his membership among the Vasus and his association with Vayu. Beyond this elemental identification, the available material does not enumerate discrete powers, mythic deeds, or behavioral narratives for Anila. The documentation supports only the conceptual claim that Anila functions as an airy/wind aspect within the Vasu group and may be regarded as a form of the wind god Vayu when so numbered.