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Ananta's artwork from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Ananta (アナンタ, Ananta)? is a demon in the series.

History

Born from the mouth of the sleeping Balarama (sun god's brother) it devoured all but Balarama's head.

Shesha is the king of all nagas according to Hindu mythology and one of the primal beings of creation. He is sometimes called Ananta Shesha which means "Endless Shesha" as he is said to hold all the planets in the universe on his hoods. He is usually depicted as a massive coiled serpent with as many as five to one thousand heads, sometimes wearing an ornate crown on each head. The heads are not only venomous but spew fire as well.

Shesha is used by Vishnu as a bed, and he is often found sleeping upon his back. Shesha will also constantly be found singing about the glories of Vishnu from all his many mouths.

One story of Shesha tells of when he challenged the devas, claiming that only the great Hindu Triad could defeat him. Only the god of wind, Vayu, accepted his challenge. Shesha wrapped himself around a large mountain and told Vayu that he would be the winner should he destroy the mountain. Vayu created powerful storms, but Shesha simply enlarged himself and swallowed up the storms. Vayu, weakened from his attempts to defeat Shesha, was overpowered and swallowed by the serpent causing all living things to lose the ability to breathe. Luckily Vishnu told Shesha to release Vayu, Shesha obeyed, and in doing so the mountain he was wrapped around instantly crumbled.

At the end of each Kalpa (time period allotted to the earth) the serpent destroys all creation.

Appearances

Profile

Shin Megami Tensei

SMT-Ananta
"Origin: India. One of the kings of the Nagas. It is a giant serpent with a thousand heads, whose name means 'infinite.' It sleeps under the earth and will watch over the end of the world with Vishnu. Until the time comes, Ananta will protect Vishnu for eons in the sea of milk."
Shin Megami Tensei A-Mode DDS Dictionary

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE

Ananta appears as the final round boss of the Golden Ark Casino's Ultimate Battle area and as support for Vishnu in some of his later appearances as an event boss. Players can obtain his plug-in by gathering a large amount of items dropped in the Champion Course which is accessed by being the top player within UB for the month. He is a triple fusion of Qing Long, Koumokuten, and Raja Naga.

Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse

He first appears as a boss that has taken over the Metropolitan Government Office. He is the primary lieutenant and pet of Krishna, later turning out to be vital to the Divine Powers' plan to become the rulers of a new universe free of Law and Chaos; he fakes his death after his boss fight and later turns out to have replaced Flynn in order to manipulate the party into destroying Merkabah and Lucifer while Krishna attempts to brainwash the real one into becoming his "Kalki", his own Godslayer and avatar, to transform into Vishnu.

While he is initially a mindless animal, after his resurrections he develops sentience and a cruel personality that enjoys hurting the enemies of Krishna. After revealing himself, he devours Asahi to power his own transformation into a Cosmic Egg. Depending on the ending chosen, Shesha is killed for good as the heart of the Cosmic Egg is destroyed, or is utilized to create Dagda's dream universe.

Persona 3

"A serpent with 1000 heads of Hindu myth. Ananta is Sanskrit for "infinite". After resting on him, Vishnu woke up and created the universe."
Persona 3 Compendium

Together with the Persona Vishnu, the two can perform a Fusion Spell, Infinity, which makes the whole party invincible for one round.

Devil Children Black/Red Book

Ananta can be obtained by rank fusing Naga eight times.

DemiKids Light & Dark

"A dragon said to swim the sea whenever the world approaches its final hour."

Known as Armasnak, he can perform the combo Dragon Cross with Ares.

Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner

Ananta blocks the way to the topmost levels of the Karma Temple once the party reaches an elevation of 21,832 ft. It relays a message left by Sera but then states the Embryon will be terminated if they refuse to obey.

Ananta gets 7 press turns a round and follows a few set turn patterns while fought. One of which uses the Nerve based Stun Wave and Dream Haze status ailments along with Sonic Wave to try to inflict Panic status. Another to use Dekunda if debuffed followed by 4 turns of Tarukaja. Ananta will typically focus on one person and use 5 turns of normal physical attacks, Power Charge, and then finish with another normal attack. Finally, there is also a pattern where Ananta will alternate between Mudo and Mudoon to try and kill the party for the whole round.

Devil Survivor 2

"A serpent of Hindu lore that appears at the beginning and end of the world.
Vishnu rested on Ananta, who stands on the endless milk ocean. After Awakening, he began creating the world."
Devil Survivor 2 Compendium

Stats

Shin Megami Tensei

Ananta SMT
Race Alignment Level HP MP
Dragon Light-Chaos 74 930 140
CP NOA ATK ACC DEF EVA M.ATK M.EFC
48 1 173 30 72 22 21 17
St 38
In 15
Ma 19
Vi 17
Ag 20
Lu 14
Resistances Reflects Elec Drop None
List of Skills
Skill Cost Effect
Stun Bite Extra Bites one enemy and Paralyzes it. (Charge-type)
Berserk Extra Damages one group of enemies. (Charge-type)
Tail Extra Damages one group of enemies. (Dex-type)


Shin Megami Tensei II

Ananta SMT2
Race Alignment Level HP MP
Dragon Light-Chaos 59 937 237
CP NOA ATK ACC DEF EVA M.ATK M.EFC
132 2-3 148 104 154 104 18 18
St 15
In 15
Ma 15
Vi 18
Ag 10
Lu 9
List of Skills
Skill Cost Effect
Water Wall 4 MP Nullifies Ice attacks for one turn.
Stun Bite 5% HP Light Rush damage to one foe. Inflicts Bind.
Berserk 15% HP Light Rush damage to all foes.
Cleave 15% HP Light Rush damage to all foes.
Sacrifice 8% HP Damage all enemies. Foes lose MP equal to half the amount of damage taken.


Shin Megami Tensei: if...

Ananta if
Race Alignment Level HP MP
Dragon Light-Chaos 69 999 326
CP NOA ATK ACC DEF EVA M.ATK M.EFC
106 2-3 194 126 180 123 21 21
St 28
In 17
Ma 17
Vi 21
Ag 13
Lu 13
List of Skills
Skill Cost Effect
Makarakarn 6 MP Shields against Magical attacks for one turn, all allies.
Cleave 15% HP Light Rush damage to all foes.
Berserk 15% HP Light Rush damage to all foes.
Stun Bite 5% HP Light Rush damage to one foe. Inflicts Bind.
Water Wall 4 MP Nullifies Ice attacks for one turn.


Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Race Alignment Level HP MP
Strength 45
Magic 40
Vitality 39
Agility 41
Luck 40
Snake Neutral-Neutral 65 532
288
Attack Type Physical Gun Fire Ice Electricity Wind Expel Curse Almighty
Single Foe/1-3/Physical/None - - - Null Null Weak Null - -
Poison Paralyze Stone Strain Sleep Charm Mute Fear Bomb Rage
- - - - - - - - - -
Natural Skills
Dormina Amrita Spring of Life
D-Source Skills
Mediarahan Diarahan Vigilant
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Shin Megami Tensei IV

Race Level HP MP
Strength 78
Dexterity 78
Magic 78
Agility 78
Luck 78
Snake 72 574 257
Physical Phys Gun Gun Fire Fire Ice Ice Electricity Elec Force Force Light Light Dark Dark
- - - Null Null Weak Null -
Ailment Resistance -
Normal Attack Phys x1-3 hits, 1 enemey
List of Skills
Skill Cost Effect Level
Mabufudyne 32 MP Heavy ice damage to all foes. Innate
Amrita 20 MP Removes all ailments from one ally. Innate
Drain Ice Auto Absorbs ice damage. 73
Makarakarn 50 MP Bestows magic-repelling shields for one turn to all allies. 74


Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse

Shesha begins each turn using "Glare" and "Move Slowly", which do nothing but use 2 of its turn icons

Race Level HP MP
Strength --
Dexterity --
Magic --
Agility --
Luck --
Snake 40 ~1000
Physical Phys Gun Gun Fire Fire Ice Ice Electricity Elec Force Force Light Light Dark Dark
Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist
Ailment Resistance ?
Normal Attack Phys x1, 1 enemy Turn Icon 4
Drop Bead Chain
Skill Affinities Physical Physical +6
List of Skills
Skill Effect
Seismic Yawn Phys damage to all foes
Venomous Flare Fire damage and chance of Poison to all foes

Shesha is weak to the Ame-no-habakiri and Michael's Spear, wielded by Gaston. Once again, it begins every turn with the moves "Glare" and "Move Slowly", effectively giving it only two turns instead of four. After it attempts to heal, it will stop using "Glare", wasting only one press turn each turn, and will begin using "Charge".

Race Level HP MP
Strength --
Dexterity --
Magic --
Agility --
Luck --
Snake 40 ~4000
Physical Phys Gun Gun Fire Fire Ice Ice Electricity Elec Force Force Light Light Dark Dark
Resist* Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist Resist
Ailment Resistance ?
Normal Attack Phys x1, 1 enemy Turn Icon 4
Drop Balm of Rising
Skill Affinities Physical Physical +6
List of Skills
Skill Effect
Earthquake Medium physical damage and 60% daze to all foes.
Serpent's Hunger Phys damage and chance of Poison/Bind/Charm to one foe
Seismic Yawn Phys damage to all foes
Lunge Weak physical damage to one foe. High critical but low accuracy.
Charge Multiplies user's next physical or gun damage by 2.5.

Another Bible

Race Rank HP PP Move Power Might Magic Speed Luck
Hiryu 3 33 40 6 14 15 18 20 12
Weapon Talon
Technique
Technique Cost Range Target Description
FireBreath 5 PP 5 Group Blast of deadly flame
Natural Skills
Level Skill Cost Range Power Target Effect
1 Wind Blade 5 PP 1-4 6 Single Swallow in void
1 Mist 4 PP 1-5 - Multiple Confuses targets
2 Fireball 6 PP 1-6 4 Multiple Fireball attack


Last Bible III

Ananta LB 3
Level HP MP ATK DEF STR INT END SPD LUC
57 796 188 168 72 23 18 22 19 22
Equipment Weapon, Accessory Card Location Laguna - Doguya
List of Skills
Mabufu Straja


Majin Tensei

Ananta
Race Level HP MP Mv Range Mv Type Atk Type CP
Snake 16 152 0 7 Flat 9
Strength Magic Technique Defense Agility Luck
13 7 7 10 5 6


Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis

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Race Level HP MP Mv Range Mv Type Atk Range MAG
Dragon 72 402 - 7 Flight 1 -
St Ma In Ag Lu Atk P.Def M.Atk M.Def Hit Eva Crt
33 20 19 13 12 191 28 54 56 96 14 11
List of Skills
Skill Power Range Cost Target Effect
Winding 100% 1 P. Extra Multi 75% chance of inflicting Bind


Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Ananta Devil Summoner
Race Level HP MP St In Ma Vi Ag Lu
Dragon 68 848 356 28 16 16 20 11 11
CP NOA Personality P.ATK P.HIT B.DEF AVD M.ATK M.DEF
104 2-3 Impatient 192 122 176 119 40 64
List of Skills
Makarakarn Wall of Water Magnetic Storm


Persona 3

Arcana Level
Strength 27
Magic 31
Endurance 32
Agility 16
Luck 24
Hierophant 41
Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak
Recovery - - Light Ice Wind
List of Skills
Skill Cost Effect Level
Hamaon 12 SP Light: instant kill, 1 foe (high odds). (40% chance) Innate
Dekunda 15 SP Nullifies stat penalties on party. Innate
Diarahan 20 SP Fully restores 1 ally's HP. 43
Counterstrike Passive Counter physical attacks (med odds). (30% chance) 44
Evade Pierce Passive Evasion rate tripled vs Pierce attacks. 45
Invigorate 1 Passive Restores 3 SP each turn in battle. 46
Fusion Spell *
Skill Cost Effect Prerequisite
Infinity 30% SP Invulnerability for 1 turn (party). Vishnu + Ananta

Arcana Level
Strength 52
Magic 56
Endurance 60
Agility 39
Luck 48
Aeon 75
Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak
Recovery - - Light Ice Wind
List of Skills
Skill Cost Effect Level
Mediarahan 40 SP Fully restores party's HP. Innate
Dekunda 15 SP Nullifies stat penalties on party. Innate
Weary Thrust 13% HP Deals heavy Strike damage to one foe. (1.5x "Tired" condition bonus) 76
High Counter Passive Counter physical attacks (high odds). (50% chance) 78
Samarecarm 40 SP Revives an ally, fully restoring HP. 79
Absorb Wind Passive Drains damage from Wind attacks. 81
Fusion Spell *
Skill Cost Effect Prerequisite
Infinity 30% SP Invulnerability for 1 turn (party). Vishnu + Ananta

Persona 4

Arcana Level
Strength 43
Magic 42
Endurance 45
Agility 28
Luck 23
Fortune 58
Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak
Physical - Ice - Physical Electricity
List of Skills
Skill Cost Effect Level
Mabufula 16 SP Deals medium Ice damage to all foes. Innate
White Wall 18 SP Add Ice resistance to 1 ally (for 3 turns). Innate
Marakukaja 24 SP Increases party's Defense for 3 turns. 59
Bufudyne 12 SP Deals heavy Ice damage to 1 foe. 61
Green Wall 18 SP Add Wind resistance to 1 ally (for 3 turns). 62
Invigorate 3 Passive Recovers 7 SP each turn in battle. 63
Null Exhaust Passive Become immune to Exhaustion attacks. 64


Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Arcana Level HP + SP + Inherit Extract Fragment
Fortune 54 180 24 - Body Shield -
List of Skills
Skill Cost Effect Level
Snake Glare Passive [Navi] High chance of preventing preemptive attacks. Innate
Poison Circle 18 SP Medium chance of Poison each turn, for 3 turns. (All Enemies) Innate
Swordbreaker Passive Medium chance of halving physical damage versus the user's row. 55
Body Shield 18 SP Take attacks in place of allies, with reduced damage. (1 Row) 56
Endure Passive Withstand damage that brings HP down to 0 with 1 HP. 57
Restoring Touch Passive Greatly raise natural recovery speed from status ailments and Binds. 58


Devil Children Black/Red Book

Class Type Race Level HP MP Exp
General Water Dragon 49 538 219 992
Attack Guard Magic M Guard Speed Luck
50 49 44 41 43 42
List of Skills
Bufula Icicle Media
Recarm Makakaja Mahabufu


Devil Children Black Book/Red Book (PS)

Class Type Race Level HP MP Exp
General Water Dragon 49 538 219 992
Attack Guard Magic M Guard Speed Luck
50 49 44 41 43 42
List of Skills
Bufula Icicle Media
Recarm Makakaja Mahabufu


Devil Children White Book

Class Type Race Level HP MP Exp
General Water Dragon 49 538 219 992
Attack Guard Magic M Guard Speed Luck
50 49 44 41 43 42
List of Skills
Skill Element Cost Effect
Bufula Water 10 MP Heavy damage to one foe. Inflicts Freeze.
Icicle Water 32 HP Heavy damage to one foe. Inflicts Freeze.
Media Sun 12 MP Light HP recovery for all allies.
Recarm Sun 18 MP Revives one ally with low HP.
Makakaja Sun 6 MP Increases Magic for all allies.
Invalid skill name of "Mahabufu". You may correct the skill name or modify module:Skills/CHILDWHITE if needed.


DemiKids Light & Dark

Armasnak
Class Element Type Level HP MP Exp
General Water Dragon 49 538 219 992
ATK DEF MGC RES SPD LCK
50 49 44 41 43 42
List of Skills
Skill Element Cost Effect
Aqualok Water 15 MP Large dmg. 1 Foe
Tidal Wave Water 25 HP Small dmg. Foes
Healmor All Light 18 MP Major HP recovery. Party
Revive Light 18 MP Revive. 1 Ally
Spellboost Light 6 MP MGC Up. Party
Aquablast Water 20 MP Medium dmg. Foes
Combos
Combo Element Cost Effect Partner
Dragon Cross Wind 35 MP Dmg. Foes Ares


Devil Children Fire/Ice Book

Armasnak
Class Type Race Level HP MP Exp
General Water Dragon 49 538 219 992
Attack Guard Magic M Guard Speed Luck
50 49 44 41 43 42
List of Skills
Aquadyne Tidal Wave Mediala
Recarm Makakaja Maha Aques


Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner

Race Level HP MP Drops
Dragon - ~5500 - Soma
Reflects Absorbs Void Resists Weak
Force Earth Ailments, Death, Expel - -
List of Skills
Skill Effect
Power Charge Multiplies next Physical attack damage of caster by 2.5.
Dream Haze Inflicts Sleep(60%) on one foe. Nerve-type.
Stun Wave Inflicts Stun(35%) on all foes. Merve-type.
Sonic Wave Inflicts Panic(25%) on all foes.
Dekunda Negates all -nda debuffs from party.
Dia Recovers HP lightly of one ally.
Tarukaja Buffs Physical power by 1 level of party.
Mudo 40% chance of killing one foe instantly. Death-type.
Mudoon 60% chance of killing one foe instantly. Death-type.


Devil Survivor

Race Level HP MP
Strength 28
Magic 18
Vitality 22
Agility 12
Snake 64 602
164
Racial / Auto Skill Physical Phys Fire Fire Ice Ice Electricity Elec Force Force Mystic Mystic
Constrict - Resist Resist Resist - Weak
Command Skills
Makarakarn*
Passive Skills
Attack All*
Shaaa! I am Ananta the Snake! I answer your beckoning, and give you the command of my blades!
Shaaa! It seems you'll have me fused. Give me the command! I look forward to this.

Race Level HP MP
Strength 30
Magic 19
Vitality 24
Agility 13
Snake 71 665
180
Racial / Auto Skill Physical Phys Fire Fire Ice Ice Electricity Elec Force Force Mystic Mystic
Constrict - Resist Resist Resist - Weak
Command Skills
Makarakarn
Passive Skills
Attack All*
Shaaa! I am Ananta the Snake! I answer your beckoning, and give you the command of my blades!
Shaaa! It seems you'll have me fused. Give me the command! I look forward to this.

Devil Survivor 2

Race Level HP MP
Strength 31
Magic 18
Vitality 26
Agility 13
Snake 72 705
180
Racial / Auto Skill Physical Phys Fire Fire Ice Ice Electricity Elec Force Force Curse Curse
Dragon Bind -- Resist Resist Resist -- Weak
Command Skills
Makarakarn
Passive Skills
Attack All*
They call me Ananta the Snake. I may be an old fart, but I try.
I don`t mind fusing, but I`m not as young as I used to be. Take it easy on this geezer.


Gallery

 
Shesha A concept SMT4A
Concept art of Shesha's first form in Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
 
Shesha B concept 1 SMT4A
Concept art 1 of Shesha's second form
 
Shesha B concept 2 SMT4A
Concept art 2 of Shesha's second form
 
Shesha SMTIVA Official Art
Official art of Shesha's first form from Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
 
Shesha II SMTIVA Official Art
Official art of Shesha's second form
 
P3Ananta
Ananta as it appears in Persona 3
 
Ananta
Ananta as it appears in Devil Children Red/Black Book
 
Imagine-Ananta
As it appears in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
 
Shesha SMTIV Final
Shesha's first form as it appears in Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
 
Shesha Second Form SMTIVF
Shesha's second form as it appears in Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
 
Ananta LB 2
Ananta as it appears in Last Bible II
 
Ananta SP
Ananta as it appears in Last Bible Special
 
Ananta Card
Ananta as it appears in Card Summoner
 
Ananta desu
Ananta as it appears in Devil Survivor
 
Devil Survivor 2 (USA) 56 28401
Ananta as it appears in Devil Survivor 2
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