HANUMAN

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HANUMAN , in

Hindu

HINDU

mythology

MYTHOLOGY

, a

monkey

MONKEY

-god, who forms a central figure in the.Ramayana. He was the

child

of a nymph by the god of the wind. His exploits, as the ally of Rama (incarnation of

Vishnu

VISHNU (Sanskrit, " the worker," from
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
vish, "to work ")

) in the latter's recovery of his wife Sita from the clutches of the demon Ravana, include the bridging- of the straits between

India

INDIA
INDIA, FRENCH

and

Ceylon

CEYLON

with huge boulders carried away from the Himalayas. He is the

leader

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

of a host of monkeys, who aid in these supernatural deeds. Temples in his

honour

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

are frequent throughout

India

INDIA
INDIA, FRENCH

.

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