A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature / by John Dowson.

  • Dowson, John, active 1913.
Date:
1879
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Credit: A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature / by John Dowson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NA NUMA N-NA TA KA ~HA RI-HA RA . are favourite topics among Hindus from childhood to age, and paintings of them are common. He is called Marut-putra, and he has the patronymics Anili, Maruti, &c., and the metronymic Anjaneya. He is also Yoga-chara, from his power in magic or in the healing art, and Rajata-dyuti, ‘ the hrilliant.’ Among his other accomplishments, Hanumat was a grammarian; and the Ramayana says, “ The chief of monkeys is perfect; no one equals him in the siistras, in learning, and in ascertaining the sense of the scriptures [or in moving at will]. In all sciences, in the rules of austerity, he rivals the preceptor of the gods. ... It is well known that Hanumat was the ninth author of grammar.”—il/uiV, iv. 490. HAYU^LIX-HATAIvA. a long drama by various hands upon the adventures of the monlvey chief Hanuman. This drama is fabled to have been composed by Hanuman, and in- scribed by him on rocks. Valmiki, the author of the Ramaya??a, saw it and feared that it would throw his own poem into the shade. lie complained to the author, who told him to cast the verses into the sea. He did so, and they remained concealed there for ages. Portions were discovered and brought to King Ehoja, who directed Damodara Mi.sra to arrange them and fill up the lacunae. He did so, and the result was this drama. “It is probable,” says Wilson, “ that the fragments of an ancient drama were connected in the manner described. Some of the ideas arc poetical, and the sentiments just and forcible ; the language is generally very harmonious, but the work itself is, after aU, a most disjointed and nondescript composition, and the patchwork is very glaringly and clumsily jDut together.” It is a Avork of the tenth or eleventh century. It has been printed in Indi'a HARA. A name of <S'iva HARI. A name which commonly designates Vishmi, but it is exceptionally used for other gods. HARI-DWARA. ‘ The gate of Hari.’ The modern Hardwar. The place Avhere the Ganges finally breaks through tlie moun- tains into the j^lains of Hindustan. It is a great place of pilgrimage. HARI-HARA. A combination of the names of Vi.«hmi and 5'iva, and representing the union of the two deities in one, a combination which is differently accounted for.
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