Anasuya is an ascetic, and the wife of Sage Atri in Hinduism. She is the daughter of Devahuti and the Prajapati Kardama in Hindu texts. In the Ramayana, she lives with her husband in a small hermitage
Anasuya explains to the Tridevi that the Trimurti had been turned into infants. This lithograph by Raja Ravi Varma Press depicts one version of the legend in which the Trimurti merge and turn into Anasuya's three-headed son, Dattatreya.
A Bhagavata Purana manuscript page depicting the story of Atri and Anasuya meeting the Trimurti (PhP 4.1.21–25) (paper, late 18th century, Jaipur)
Anasuya feeds the Trimurti as the Tridevi request her to return them to their true forms.
Anasuya counsels Sita (right), while Atri speaks to Rama and Lakshmana
Atri or Attri is a Vedic sage, who is credited with composing numerous shlokas to Agni, Indra, and other Vedic deities of Hinduism. Atri is one of the Saptarishi in the Hindu tradition, and the one mo
Anasuya
…Anasuya (Sanskrit: अनसूया, romanized: Anasūyā, lit. 'free from envy and malice') is an ascetic, and the wife of Sage Atri in Hinduism. She is the daughter of Devahuti and the Prajapati Kardama in Hindu texts. In the Ramayana, she lives with her husband in a small hermitage…
Atri statue at Atreyapuram village of AP.
Left to right: Atri, Bhrigu, Vikhanasa, Marichi and Kashyapa.