TYPE: Attendant God
ORIGIN: Hindu (Puranic) - India
INFORMATION: One of a group of eight Vasu deities answering to the god Indra.
Anila or Anil (anila "wind") is one of the Vasus in Hinduism, gods of the elements of the cosmos. He is equated with the wind god Vayu, Anil being understood as the name normally used for Vayu when numbered among the Vasus.