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१०७ : ब्रमण/अक्टूबर-दिसम्बर/१९९०
Sugriva, Hanumāna etc. are not usual monkeys ( i. e., apes ); but superb Vidyadharas-descendants of the Vanara-clan ( 6/84-87; 107-122 ), who bear the marks of Vanaras-inscribed on their flags, banners, crowns, and coronets" etc. in order to follow the conventional form of their ancestors ( 6/162-191 ).
____ 'Langula', here is not Hanumana's long tail' but a specific kind of weapon (i) While fighting with Varuna
कञ्चिल्लाङ्कलपाशेन विद्यारचितमूर्तिना।
आकर्षत्परमं वीरं स्नेहेन सुहृदं यथा।। ( 19/54 ) (ü) At the time of his battle with his mater maternal grand father King Mahendra ( Ketu )
उल्कालाफूलपाणिं तं दौहित्र परमोदयम्।
प्रशंसितुं समारब्धो महेन्द्रः सौम्यया गिरा।। (iii) While joining with Lavanarikusa' ( Lava-Kusa )
लाङ्गलपाणिना तेन निर्यता रामसैन्यतः। ( 102/171) Hanumat-Kathā or the Tale of Hanumāna
Hanumāna, the 'Kșetraja' son ( i. e., one of the twelve sons sanctioned by our holy books ) of Kesari and 'aurasa' ( i. e. the real ) son of Pavana in Valmikiya", is born here very much out of the usual conjugal copulation of mother & father ( 16/166-213 ) and not that air-god ( mentally ) seduced his mother.
The name of his mother is Añjana Sundari, normally called Añjanało only
उत्पाद्यनुजा तेषा कीर्तिताञ्जनसन्दरी।
त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरीरूपसन्दोहेनैव निर्मिता।। ( 15/16 ) and that of his father is Pavanañijaya
तयोर्विक्रमसम्भारो रूपशीलो गुणाम्बुधिः।
पवनञ्जयनामास्ति तनयो नयमण्डनः।। (Ibid, 49) As the fate would take it, his mother had remained discarded" by his father from the very first day of wedding for twenty-two years, for no fault of her --
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