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'''Ananku''' (pronounced Aṇaṅku), according to the early historic [[Tamil language|Tamil]] belief system, refers to the sacred forces inhabiting various objects, including humans.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Upinder |title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India |date=2023 |publisher=Pearson |isbn=978-93-570-5618-2 |edition=2nd |pages=1132-33 |orig-year=2008}}</ref>'''<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Hart |first=George L. |url=https://archive.org/details/poemsofancientta00hart |title=The Poems of Ancient Tamil, Their Milieu and Their Sanskrit Counterparts |publisher=University of California Press |year=1975 |isbn=0-520-02672-1 |location=Berkeley |pages= |doi= |oclc= |url-access=registration |authorlink=George L. Hart |accessdate=}}</ref>''' It was controlled through the performance of specific rites and rituals. Ananku was also believed to manifest in women, with the notion that in [[Chastity|chaste]] women, it remained controlled and possessed auspicious potential.<ref name=":5" /><br />
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Certain communities were tasked with performing the rites and rituals needed to regulate the ananku.<ref name=":5" /><br />
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The belief in the ananku is notably attested in the ancient Tamil literature or the [[Sangam Literature]] of the early historic period.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":0" /><br />
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