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Hanuman

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A small monkey (Presbytis entellus) of southern Asia, having bristly hairs on the crown and the sides of the face.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The entellus (Presbytis entellus)

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. See hoonoomaun.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In Hindu mythology, the name of a fabulous monkey-god, the friend and ally of Rāma in the Rāmāyana, a noted Sanskrit epic poem recounting the adventures of Rāma.

n. Hence [lowercase] In zoology, same as entellus.

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n. in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage

n. langur of southern Asia; regarded as sacred in India

Word Usage

"why do hindu gods have animal attributes and does this reflect tribal Animism. the gods almost always have animals around them or are partly animals such as hanuman and the elephant god ganish"

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

hindu deity langur

Variant

hoonoomaun