añjanā

Añjanā, f., N. of Hanumat's mother; of Pravara-

sena's mother. —Añjanā-giri, is, m., N. of a moun-

tain. —Añjanā-vatī, f. the female elephant of the

north-east (or the west ?) quarter.

Añjanā; add — a kind of lizard.

añjanā f. N. of Hanumat's mother

of Pravarasena's mother

añjanā N. of the female elephant of the north. -2 N. of the mother of Māruti or Hanūmat. [She was the daughter of a monkey named Kuṅnjara and wife of Kesarin, another monkey. She was in a former birth a celestial nymph by name Puñjikasthali and was born on earth owing to a curse. One day while she was seated on the summit of a mountain, her garment was slightly displaced, and the God of Wind being enamoured of her beauty assumed a visible form, and asked her to yield to his desires. She requested him not to violate her chastity, to which he consented; but he told her that she would conceive a son equal to himself in strength and lustre by virtue of his amorous desire fixed on her, and then disappeared. In course of time Añjanā conceived and brought forth a son who was called Māruti being the son of Marut.]

añjanā f.

1) N. pr. eine Tochter Vajrendra's und Mutter des Pravarasena RĀJA-TAR. 3, 105.

— 2) N. einer Aeffin, der Mutter Hanumant's, H. an. 3, 355. MED. n. 27. R. 5, 1, 58. 2, 14. 3, 27.

añjanā f. eine Art Eidechse MED. 1. 167; vgl. 1. añjana 1).

añjanā (f. nach dem Ko.) ° = vyakti, H 43, 184.

añjanā , strī, (anakti svakāntyā śobhate anja + yuc
karttari) vānarīviśeṣaḥ . sā ca hanūmanmātā .
iti medinī .. (rāmāyaṇe, —
“añjaneti parikhyātā patnī keśariṇaḥ kapeḥ .
abhiśāpakṣayājjātā punaśca divi cāriṇī” ..)

Añjanā — a daughter of Kuñjara and queen of Kesari.

Loved by Vāyu, gave birth to Hanumān.

Br. III. 7. 224-5.

AÑJANĀ . 1) Mother of Hanūmān—Wife of Kesarī,

the noble monkey and daughter of Kuñjara, the monkey

leader. She was the mother of Hanūmān. Once while

Śiva and Pārvatī were gamboling in the guise of monkeys,

rambling through the woods, Pārvatī became pregnant,

That pregnancy was given to Vāyu. At that time

Añjanā was doing penance for an issue. Vāyu transferred

the pregnancy he had received from Pārvatī to

Añjanā. Thus Añjanā gave birth to Hanūmān. (Vālmīki

Rāmāyaṇa, Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa, Sarga 66).

Añjanā gave birth to Hanūmān in the woods in a valley

on the southern side of Mahāmeru. She was frightened

at the sight of the child shining like the sun. Hanūmān

began to cry for mother's milk. Añjanā said to Hanū-

mān: “Monkeys are fond of red ripe fruits. There-

fore eat whatever you find in red colour.” Saying this

Añjanā transformed herself into a goddess and went to

Heaven.

2) Pūrvajanma (Previous Birth). In her previous

birth Añjanā was a goddess named Puñjikastala (Māna-

garva). As a result of a curse, this goddess was born

as a she-monkey in the Himālaya region. With the birth

of Hanūmān, the curse was lifted. (Uttara Rāmāyaṇa).

For more details see “Puñjikastala”.