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Hanuman|hʌnʊˈmɑːn|
Also hoonoomaun, huniman, etc.
[Hind., Hindi hanumān (Skr. hanumant, f. hanumat large-jawed).]
1. Hindu Mythology. Proper name of a monkey-chief; a semi-divine monkey-like creature, to whom extraordinary powers were attributed in legend.
1814Southey in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 427 For the last ten years..Buonaparte..was the God Hanuman—the monkeys, whom he commanded, did the mischief. 1883Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan XI. 270 For greater safety Râmachandra..stationed Hanuman, the monkey-god..to guard the palace. 1886Yule & Burnell Hobson-Jobson s.v. Lungoor, The monkey-god Hunimān. 1936E. G. Boulenger Apes & Monkeys ix. 215 The uncanny revenge taken by priests..upon an Englishman, who..insulted the image of Hanuman in a wayside temple. 1965P. C. Jay in I. DeVore Primate Behavior vii. 197 One kind of monkey, the langur, has also had an important part in the traditions and epics of India and is often referred to in its role as the monkey deity Hanuman.
2. (with small initial) An Indian monkey, Presbytis entellus, venerated by Hindus.
1843E. Blyth in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal XII. 174 The Hoonumans are strictly protected. Ibid., I know of one locality where the whole numerous community of Bengal Hoonumans appears to consist of males only. 1867T. Hutton in Proc. Zool. Soc. 944 The particular species of Monkey to which the name of Hoonoomaun now more especially and properly applies is known to naturalists as the Semnopithecus entellus. 1891J. L. Kipling Beast & Man in India iii. 65 Of late years the tradesmen who form the bulk of the members of our municipalities have felt that there are too many Hanumāns abroad. 1897Q. Rev. Oct. 395 No visitor to Hindostan..can have failed to see the sacred Monkey or Hanuman. 1936E. G. Boulenger Apes & Monkeys ix. 215 The sacred langur, or hanuman..ranges over India from the Deccan northward to the south bank of the Ganges. In its rôle of a sacred animal, dedicated to the god Hanuman, it is unique. |