IIANUNIAN, a Hindu deity. From Hanu, the cheek, Ilanuman means long jaw. His figure is that of a man with a black monkey face and a long tail. Ilanuman or Ilanumat, in Hindu mytho logy, is son of Pavane, the wind, by Anjana, wife of a monkey named Kesari, called also Lanka-dahi, also Yoga-chara, Marut-putra ; and he has the patronymics Anili, Maruti, and the matronymic Anjaneya. Ilis images are set up in temples, some times alone, and sometimes in the society of the former companions of his glory, Rama and Sits. He is supplicated by Hindus on their birthdays to obtain longevity, which he is supposed to have the power to bestow. As the god of enterprise, offer ings are made at his shrine by night. hlanuman is said to be a son of Siva. He is fabled to be the son of the wind, and is called Maruti, from Pavana being chief of the Marut, or genii of the winds. fie is also called Muhabar. As the monkey general who assisted Rama in his war with Havana, he is regarded and worshipped as a demi god. Both Hanumanji and Boosundi are said to
have their lives protracted through the four yuga of Hindu chronology. Boosund was a crow who had more blood than he could drink in the wars of Sambhu and Nesambhu. He just quenched his thirst with blood in the wars of Rama. But in the wars of the Mahabbarat he broke his beak by striking it against the hard dry earth, which had soaked in the little blood shed on the occasion. In 1868, Bala, potail of Assaye, who was five years old when Sir Arthur Wellesley fought the battle, was the pujari of the temple in which the editor put up. Bala daily walked in and poured water on the lingam (Abishegam), also on Hann man and on the bull (Basava); then put rice on all these, then walked around five times, then put rice on the tulsi, and the worship concludcd.—Tr. Hind. ii. p. 207 ; Col. Myth. p. 59 ; Dowson.