The Anykšta is a river of Anykščiai district municipality, Utena County, in northeastern Lithuania.

It flows for 13.8 kilometres and has a basin area of 144.9 km².

The Anykšta is a left-bank tributary of the Šventoji, joining it in the town of Anykščiai.

According to one theory, it could have been derived from Proto-Indoeuropean root *an-/*en- related to water.

[2] LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS UPIŲ IR TVENKINIŲ KLASIFIKATORIUS (Republic of Lithuania- River and Pond Classifications) Archived 2017-03-29 at the Wayback Machine.