Son of the elephants Sāma (Sama) and Añjanāvatī (Anjanavati). He was one of the major representative of elephants in classical Indian culture after whom a breed of elephants were named. But Vāyupurāṇa (Vayupurana) and Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa (Brahmandapurana) are different in opinion regarding this topic.