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Anagha Devi – Female form of Lord Dattatreya
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The female form of Anagha Deva (Lord Dattatreya) is referred to as Anagha Devi.
What we need to understand is, God cannot be classified as male and female. He is
also she and she is also he. Whatever the appearances are, the original form of
Shakti/energy is beyond the gender differentiation, we might not even find out in
which aspects or in what form the Shakti is present among us. One of such examples
is the story of Anagha Devi, who is the manifestation of Anagha Deva.

Anagha Devi

Anagha Devi – Appearance

Born out of the yogic energy of Lord Dattatreya, Anagha Devi is portrayed as a very
beautiful woman with a bright face. There are many incarnations of Lord Dattatreya
and one of them is Anagha Deva and Anagha Devi (a householder form).

Anagha Devi rests in a lotus position wearing an anklet embroidered with bells. She
carries a lotus in one hand and shows the sign of protection on the other hand.
Depicting the love toward Lord Dattatreya, she is in the state of yoga with her
eyes half-closed.

As Lord Dattatreya (Anagha Deva) is the combined incarnation of Tridev (Brahma,

Vishnu, and Maheshwar), so is Anagha Devi. Devi is the combined form of Tridevi
(Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Parvati). She is a motherly creation who bestows motherly
affection to her devotees. Anagha Devi is the shakti of Lord Dattatreya, she
resides within him.

Legend
As mentioned in Dattatreya Purana, Lord Dattatreya is said to be the combined
incarnation of Trideva. He is said to be ascetic and Avadhuta (Jivanmukta).
However, he had a householder form called Anagha, having Anagha Devi as his
consort. Being Ascetic, one might misunderstand him being married, but Anagha Devi
is also his own female appearance. There are different stories behind the creation
of Anagha Devi and the most popular one is mentioned here.

Once when Lord Dattatreya disappeared in a pond at the age of 5, many sages or his
followers waited for his return, thus staying by the pond’s bank. Returning back
from the state of Samadhi after 100 years, Lord Dattatreya decided to test his
followers who waited for his return. Thus, from his yogic energy came out his
beautiful female avatar.

Female Datta then presented herself drinking
movement. Unknown to Devi’s youthful origin,
drinking wine), some called her Nadi (seeing
realized her true form (as Lord Dattatreya’s
Dattatreya.
wine, overflown in her dancing
some called her Madhumati (seeing her
her dance like a river), still some
creation) and worshipped her as female
After everyone’s opinion about the lady, Lord Dattatreya came out of the pond and
named his yogic energy as Anagha (one who is sinless). Those who called her
Madhumati and Nadi failed to identify the Lord’s Leela and saw Anagha Devi as a
sinful woman. But those who identified her true form were blessed with prosperity
and peace. All their sorrow disappeared. She was not sinful but the one who could
take away the sins and sorrow of people’s life. Goddess Anagha was also ascetic and
being formed from the divine power of Dattatreya himself, she was considered the
wife of Anagha Deva. There is no difference between Anagha Deva/Anagha Swami and
Anagha Devi. Those who see Anagha Devi as Lord Dattatreya and vice versa are said
to attain divine benefits.

The reason behind this Leela was to make people aware that there is no he and she
is god. The almighty has many forms, or let’s say God is both formless and with
forms. One who understands this will understand that God is multiform created out
of the same energy.

Sinless Goddess Anagha

Agha means sorrow, whereas Anagha means sorrowless and sinless. Therefore, the
goddess name itself defines the motive behind her creation. She was created to
remove (Agha) the sorrows of her devotees. Lord Dattatreya is often explained as
the one who seems to be influenced by Maya, but in actual he is the one who creates
Maya.

Anagha Devi
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Anagha Devi is the mother of the world and the embodiment of the knowledge of Lord
Dattatreya. Both Anagha Deva and Anagha Devi are said to be free from all kinds of
sins and all pillage. Anagha Devi is the power/shakti of Anagha Deva, because of
whom, Anagha Deva is able to bestow happiness to his devotees and removes sins from
them.

Worshipping the divine couple (Anagha Deva and Devi) helps a person to get rid of
his/her sin, find love, peace, prosperity, success, and family well-being. It is
believed that those who wholeheartedly pray to god/goddess Anagha, will be granted
spiritual energy while the sins are being erased.

Anagha: A very powerful mantra

It is said that mere chanting of the name Anagha is also said to eliminate the
obstacles in one’s life. One can even procure unlimited fortunes by changing the
name “Anagha” with a devotional heart. The name Anagha itself constitutes immense
power, and the one chanting this name can always feel safeguarded and protected by
Lord Dattatreya. Worshiping and performing poojas to Anagha Devi is believed to
eliminate every obstacle and receive Ashta Siddhis.

(Last Updated On: July 9, 2021)

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