Vānara army
“monkey host”
group · 1 work · 4 mentions · 10 anchored passages
monkey army · monkey host · vānaras · bears, monkeys, and gopucchas · hosts of bears and monkeys · leaping monkeys · monkey warriors · monkey-lords · monkeys · tens of millions of monkeys
spoken of as
1 expressionThe vānara army1 mention
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa (Sanskrit)
Resembling elephants and mountains, handsome and mighty, they were born quickly as bears, monkeys, and gopucchas.
in the texts
Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The army of monkeys (and bears) commanded by Sugrīva that searches for Sītā and will fight Rāvaṇa.
"Then Rāma, having swiftly slain Vālin in battle, made Sugrīva lord of all the hosts of bears and monkeys.
"Having obtained his own kingdom, Sugrīva assembled the great monkeys and dispatched them, the greatly powerful ones, in all ten directions in search of you.
"Before long you will see Rāma, and Lakṣmaṇa the great chariot-warrior, in the midst of tens of millions of monkeys, and Sugrīva of boundless might.