Anu was fathered by Yayāti (Yayati) to Śarmiṣṭhā (Sharmishtha). When Anu refused to take up Yayāti’s senility, Yayāti cursed Anu that he would be taken over by agnipraṣkandana (agniprashkandana). Agnipraṣkandana is probably a visceral affliction or a kind of dysentery as determined by Ayurveda.