हनु—मत् a &c. See below.
हनु-मत् m. bm. ‘having (large) jaws’,
N. of a monkey-chief (one of the most celebrated of a host of semi-divine monkey-like beings, who, according to,
[R. i, 16] , were created to become the allies of
राम-चन्द्र in his war with
रावण;
हनुमत् was held to be a son of
पवन or
मारुत, ‘the Wind’; and is fabled to have assumed any form at will, wielded rocks, removed mountains, mounted the air, seized the clouds, and rivalled
गरुड in swiftness of flight; according to other legends,
हनुमत् was son of
शिव; his mother's name was
अञ्जनाq.v. ; in modern times
Han° is a very common village god in the Dekhan, Central and Upper India
cf. [RTL. 220] ),
[MBh.] ;
[R.] &c.
a particular sort of monkey,
SimiaSinica,
[W.]