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by Vanamali


  Aum Dhumraketave Namaha! Prostrations to the one who is fierce like a comet

  Aum Kapishwaraaya Namaha! Prostrations to the king of monkeys

  Aum Kesari Suthaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the son of Kesari

  Aum Lakshmanaprana-dataaya Namaha! Prostrations to the savior of Lakshmana

  Aum Mahakayaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the one with a huge body

  Aum Mahatejase Namaha! Prostrations to the effulgent one

  Aum Mahatmane Namah! Prostrations to the noble soul

  Aum Mahaviraaya Namaha! Prostrations to the great hero

  Aum Mangalaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the auspicious one

  Aum Manojavaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the one who is as swift as the mind

  Aum Marutaatmajaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the son of wind

  Aum Pingalakshaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the tawny-eyed one

  Aum Ramabhaktaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the devotee of Rama

  Aum Ramadhutaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the messenger of Rama

  Aum Ramayana-priyaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the one who loves the Ramayana

  Aum Raudraaya Namaha! Prostrations to the fierce one

  Aum Ravana-maradanaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the scourge of Ravana

  Aum Sahasravadanaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the one with a thousand faces

  Aum Samsara-bhayanashakaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the one who releases us from fear of rebirth

  Aum Sathyavachaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the one who is ever truthful

  Aum Satyasandaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the one who keeps to the path of truth

  Aum Shashwathaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the eternal one

  Aum Sita Shokavinaashakaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the dispeller of Sita’s sorrow

  Aum Shooraaya Namaha! Prostrations to the courageous one

  Aum Shubakaraaya Namaha! Prostrations to the one who does noble deeds

  Aum Shubhangaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the one with auspicious features

  Aum Sri Ganeshaaya Namaha! Prostrations to Lord Ganesha

  Aum Sri Hanumathe Namaha! Prostrations to Sri Hanuman

  Aum Sri Ramaaya Namaha! Prostrations to Sri Rama

  Aum Sri Ramachandraaya Namaha! Prostrations to Ramachandra

  Aum Tatwajnanapradaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the one who gives knowledge of Reality

  Aum Uttamaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the noblest one

  Aum Vajrakayaaya Namaha! Prostrations to the one with a body like a thunderbolt

  Aum Vayuputraaya Namaha! Prostrations to the son of Vayu

  Aum Veeraaya Namaha! Prostrations to the Hero

  Glossary of Sanskrit Terms

  abhijit: A favorable star

  abhishekam: Ceremonial bath for gods and kings

  adharma: Unrighteousness

  adi kavi: The first poet (Valmiki)

  ahamkara: Ego

  amavasya: Night of the new moon

  amsa: A part or portion

  anga: Limb; individual soul

  apana: The outgoing breath

  apsara: Heavenly nymph

  artha: Wealth

  arya: Noble

  ashoka: A tree; without sorrow

  ashrama: Spiritual sanctuary

  ashramite: One who lives in an ashrama

  ashwamedha yaga: Horse sacrifice conducted by kings to establish supremacy

  astra: Weapon

  asura: Demon

  atma(n): The divine spirit embodied in the human being; the soul

  Aum Namashivaaya: Mantra for Shiva

  avatara: Incarnation

  Ayurveda: Vedic science of healing

  bandar: Monkey

  Bhagavad Gita: Song of God

  bhajan: Religious song of adoration

  bhakta: Devotee

  bhakti: Devotion

  bhakti yoga: The yoga of devotion

  brahmachari: A celibate

  brahmacharya: Celibacy

  brahmajnana: Integral knowledge of the Supreme Brahman

  brahmarishi: A sage who has brahmajnana

  brahmastra: The weapon of Brahma

  chakora: Bird that is said to drink moonbeams

  champaka: Tree with sweet-smelling flowers

  chandala: An outcaste

  chiranjeevi: Long-lived person

  chourie: Yak tail fan

  chudamani: A crest jewel for the hair

  daitya: Demon

  dakshinayana: The six months of the year from July to December

  dalit: A low caste

  darshan: Auspicious sight of god or a noble being

  darshanas: The different schools of Hindu philosophy (six in number)

  dasa bhava: Attitude of a servant (male)

  dasya bhava: Attitude of a servant (female)

  deva, devi: God, goddess; shining one

  dharma: Righteousness

  dhoti: Cloth worn around the waist by men

  dhruva: Type of grass

  dwarapalas: Guardians of the gate, especially in temples and palaces

  gada: Mace

  gandharva: Celestial singer

  gayatri mantra: Famous hymn to the sun god

  ghat: Bathing place on the river

  griha: House; planet

  grihastashrami: One who leads a householder’s life

  gunas: The three strands of nature—sattva (harmony), rajas (passion), and tamas (inertia)

  guru: Spiritual preceptor

  guru-dakshina: Fee given to the guru

  han: To destroy

  hanan: To annihilate

  hanu: Jaw

  hatha yoga: Special branch of yoga in which bodily postures, breathing techniques, and principles of meditation are taught

  hatha yogi: One who practices this type of yoga

  japa: Repetition of the names of god

  jivatma: The embodied spirit; individual spirit

  jnana: Wisdom

  kaala: Time

  kadamba: A type of flower

  kalas: The sixty-four art forms, or the classical curriculum of sacred studies

  kama: Love

  kanda: One portion of a book

  kapha: Phlegm

  karma: Action

  karma sakshi: The witness of all action (god)

  karma yogi: One who practices the yoga of action

  Kimpurushas: Mystic beings that are half-human and half-animal

  kirtan: Spiritual song of praise

  kshetrapalas: Guardians of the temple

  kund: A lake or pool

  kunjara südana: Killer of elephants

  kusa: Type of grass used in rituals

  lakh: One hundred thousand

  langur: Black-faced monkey

  laya yogi: One who practices the yoga of immolation, dissolving into the Supreme

  lila: Play; game of God

  lingam: A stone symbol of Shiva

  loka: An astral world

  madari: Trainer of monkeys

  Mahabharata: The great classical epic poem of Vyasa

  man: Mind

  manduka: Frog

  mantra: Mystic sound

  Maryada Purusha: The perfect human being; Rama

  maya: Illusion

  mohastra: Weapon to banish illusion

  moksha: Liberation from mortality

  mritasanjivani: Herb that brings the dead to life

  munja: Type of coarse grass

  murti: Idol

  naga: Snake

  naga pasha: Rope made of snakes

  navagrahas: Nine planets of Hindu cosmology

  navami: Ninth day of the lunar calendar

  navaratri: Nine days of worship of the goddess

  panchamukha: Five-faced

  Paramatma: The Supreme spirit

  pitta: Bile

  Prakriti:Cosmic matter

  prana: Life current

  pranava mantra: Aum

  pranayama: Science of breath control

  pratyaksha devata: The god that can be seen by our physical eyes; the sun god />
  puja: Ritual worship of god

  Puranas: An important collection of post-Vedic classical literary texts written in Sanskrit; from “purana” (of ancient times)

  puranic: Pertaining to the Puranas

  Purusha: Spirit that dwells in the body; person

  putrakamesti yaga: Fire sacrifice for getting a son

  rajas: One of the three strands of nature; passion

  rajasic: Pertaining to rajas; passionate

  rakshasa: Malevolent, cannibalistic spirit

  rakshasi: Female rakshasa

  rakshasic: Having the nature of a rakshasa

  Ramacharitamanas: Hindi Ramayan by Tulsidas

  Ramayana: Great epic that recounts Rama’s journey to save his wife

  Rig Veda: Oldest of the Vedas, this is a collection of ancient Sanskrit hymns; from “rig,” or praise and “veda,” or knowledge

  Rigvedic: Pertaining to the Rig Veda

  rishi: Great sage

  sadhaka: One who does spiritual practices

  sadhana: Spiritual practice

  sal: Type of ironwood tree

  saligrama: Stone symbol of Vishnu

  samadhi: Super-conscious state

  samana: Equilibrium

  samkhya yoga: Yoga of wisdom

  sandal: Sandalwood tree

  sandhani: Herb capable of joining fractured bones

  sandhya: Twilight devotions

  sankalpa: Intention

  sannyasi(n): One who has renounced the world

  sapta rishis: The seven original sages

  sari: A five-meter piece of cloth worn by Indian women

  sattva: One of the three stands of nature, standing for balance and harmony

  sattvika: Harmonious; peaceful

  Shaivite: Follower of Shiva

  shakti: Power

  Shakti: The divine feminine force

  Shani: The malefic planet Saturn

  shastras: Scriptures

  siddhis: Supernormal powers

  sindoor: Red powder used to put a dot on forehead of married women

  sita: Furrow

  soma: Medicinal plant used in Vedic sacrifices

  sthitha prajna: One of steady intellect (enlightened one)

  stree rajya: Land of women

  surya namaskara: A yogic exercise in praise of the sun god

  suvarnakarani: Herb that restores the color of a dying person

  swarupa: Actual form

  swayambhu murti: Self-formed idol

  tamas: One of the three strands of Nature, standing for inertia, dullness

  Tantras: Scriptures giving rules for esoteric rites

  Tantric: Pertaining to the Tantras

  tapas; tapasya: Askesis; austerity

  til: Sesame

  tulsi: Holy basil

  tyaga: Renunciation

  udana: One of the five breaths

  uttarayanam: The six months of the year from January to June

  vaal: Tail

  vadas: Savory doughnuts

  Vaishnavite: Follower of Vishnu

  vajra: Thunderbolt

  vanara: Monkey

  vata: Wind

  vayu: Air

  Vedas: Oldest sacred texts of Hinduism; from the root “vid,” to know

  Vedic: Pertaining to the Vedas

  vina: Stringed instrument like a lute

  vira bhava: Hero’s pose

  vishalyakarani: Magic herb

  Vishnu Sahasranama: Thousand names of Vishnu

  vyakarana: Text that explains the meaning of the Vedas

  vyana: One of the five vital breaths

  yaga; yajna: Fire sacrifice

  yajna kund: Hollow in the ground in which fire is kindled for the sacrifice

  yajnashala: The place where the (yajna) or sacrifice is conducted

  yaksha: Celestial being; guardian of wealth

  yantra: Mystic geometric diagram that is meant to convey a concentrated aspect of the divine

  yoga: Controlled physical or mental exercises that lead to union with the divine

  yogasanas: Physical postures that purify the body and mind

  yogi: One who practices yoga; one who is in union with the divine

  yojanas: A distance measurement that spans several thousand miles

  yogini: A female yogi

  yuga: Epoch

  Bibliography

  Growse, F. S., trans. Eternal Ramayana: The Ramayana of Tulsi Das. New Delhi: Interprint, 1983.

  Karyalaya, Govind Bhavan, trans. Translation of the Valmiki Ramayana. Gorakhpur, India: Gita Press, 1992.

  Lutgendorf, Philip. Hanuman’s Tale: The Messages of a Divine Monkey. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

  About the Author

  Mataji Devi Vanamali has written six books on the gods of the Hindu pantheon, including Hanuman, The Play of God, The Song of Rama, and Shakti, as well as translating the Bhagavad Gita. She is the founder and president of Vanamali Gita Yogashram, dedicated to sharing the wisdom of Sanatana Dharma and charitable service to children. She lives at the Vanamali ashram at Rishikesh in northern India.

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  Copyright © 2010 by Vanamali Gita Yogashram

  Originally published in India in 2010 by Aryan Books International under the title Sri Hanuman Lila

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Vanamali, 1935–

  [Sri Hanuman lila]

  Hanuman : the devotion and power of the monkey god / Vanamali.

  p. cm.

  Includes passages in Sanskrit (romanized).

  Originally published in India in 2010 by Aryan Books International under the title Sri Hanuman lila.

  Includes bibliographical references.

  eISBN-13: 978-1-59477-914-5

  1. Hanuman (Hindu deity)—Legends. I. Title.

  BL1225.H3V36 2010

  294.5’113—dc22

  2009053206

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