Hanumanta, Haṇumanta, Hanumamta: 5 definitions
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Hanumanta means something in Jainism, Prakrit, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection IHanumaṃta (हनुमंत) is the son of Añjanā, according to the “Añjanā-māhāsatī ro rāsa” (dealing with the lives of Jain female heroes), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—Accordingly, “[...] Añjanā gave birth to her child, Hanumaṃta. Just as she was wondering who would celebrate this happy event, her maternal uncle (māmā) Śūrasena came. He took a., her friend and the child in his vimāna. The child’s future greatness was proved during the following incident: He left his mother’s arms when he noticed some bright pearls he wanted to catch and fell from the vimāna, but he could be taken back fully intact.[...]”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1Hanumanta (“monkey-god”) refers to one of the gotras (clans) among the Medaras: workers in bamboo in the Telugu, Canarese, Oriya and Tamil countries. The Medara people believe that they came from Mahendrachala mountain, the mountain of Indra. They are also known as the Meda, Medarlu or Medarakaran.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryhaṇumanta (हणुमंत).—m (Popular forms of hanumāna) The monkey-god Hanuman.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHanumanta (हनुमन्त):—[from hanu] in [compound] for mat.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusHaṇumaṃta (ಹಣುಮಂತ):—[noun] = ಹಣುವ [hanuva].
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Hanumaṃta (ಹನುಮಂತ):—[noun] = ಹನುಮ [hanuma].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Hanumamtadhala, Hanumamtatoppalu, Hanumanta-toppal, Hanumantabhattiya, Hanumantabira, Hanumantadvara, Hanumantatap.
Ends with: Bhanumamta.
Full-text: Hanuman, Hanumantabhattiya, Hanamatemki, Pavanaja, Hanumanteshvara, Anucara, Hanumanteshvaratirtha, Alatacakra, Manovega, Hanumanta-toppal, Maruti, Pavani, Tivada, Panthi, Anantarajupalle.
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