As a deity name
Name 1 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 249 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘having (large) jaws’, N. of a monkey-chief (one of the most celebrated of a host of semi-divine monkey-like beings, who, according to, were created to become the allies of Rāma-ca…
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hanumate" is the dative of "hanumat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "hanumat" is derived from "hanu" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. hanu f. (only L.) ‘anything which destroys or injures life’, a weapon
death
hanu—mat &c. See below.
hanu-mat m. ‘having (large) jaws’, N. of a monkey-chief (one of the most celebrated of a host of semi-divine monkey-like beings, who, according to R. i, 16, were created to become the allies of Rāma-candra in his war with Rāvaṇa; Hanumat was held to be a son of Pavana or Māruta, ‘the Wind’; and is fabled to have assumed any form at will, wielded rocks, removed mountains, mounted the air, seized the clouds, and rivalled Garuḍa in swiftness of flight; according to other legends, Hanumat was son of Śiva; his mother's name was Añjanā q.v.; in modern times Han˚ is a very common village god in the Dekhan, Central and Upper India, cf. RTL. 220), MBh.; R. &c.
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hanu—mat &c. See below.
hanu-mat m. ‘having (large) jaws’, N. of a monkey-chief (one of the most celebrated of a host of semi-divine monkey-like beings, who, according to R. i, 16, were created to become the allies of Rāma-candra in his war with Rāvaṇa; Hanumat was held to be a son of Pavana or Māruta, ‘the Wind’; and is fabled to have assumed any form at will, wielded rocks, removed mountains, mounted the air, seized the clouds, and rivalled Garuḍa in swiftness of flight; according to other legends, Hanumat was son of Śiva; his mother's name was Añjanā q.v.; in modern times Han˚ is a very common village god in the Dekhan, Central and Upper India, cf. RTL. 220), MBh.; R. &c.
1. hanu f. (only L.) ‘anything which destroys or injures life’, a weapon
death
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