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हनु—मत् a &c. See below.
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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.
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a particular sort of monkey, SimiaSinica, [W.]
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हनुमत् m. (
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