Hanūmān
mythological figure · 1 work · 33 mentions · 188 anchored passages
son of the Wind · Māruti · Hanūmat · Hanumān · son of Vāyu · Vāyu's son · son of the wind-god · the monkey · Vāyuputra · son of Māruta
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The monkey hero who crosses the ocean, finds Sītā, is captured and burns Laṅkā, and brings word of Sītā back to Rāma.
Duly honored by Śabarī, Rāma the son of Daśaratha met on the shore of Pampā with Hanūmān, the monkey.
Arriving at Laṅkā, the city ruled by Rāvaṇa, he saw Sītā there, lost in thought, situated in the Aśoka grove.
Approaching the great-souled Rāma and circumambulating him, that one of immeasurable spirit declared truthfully: