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Hanuman: God & Epic Hero - The Origin & Growth of Hanuman in Indian Literary & Folk Tradition (Paperback)
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Hanuman: God & Epic Hero - The Origin & Growth of Hanuman in Indian Literary & Folk Tradition (Paperback)
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God Hanuman has an important place in India and is worshipped by
millions of people. He is a god who is the archetype of honesty,
loyalty and courage. More than any other folk god, Hanuman is
endowed with human qualities so much cherished in the Indian
tradition. There is no scholarly work in English on Hanuman that
utilises Sanskrit literature to delineate his importance as a god
and as confidant of Rama. Although Hanuman is a popular folk god in
India, he has not received attention commensurate with his
popularity from scholars of religion and mythology. This study
seeks to fill this gap and explores the human and superhuman role
of Hanuman in Sanskrit texts. With the Ramayana as the basic
source, Sanskrit plays and Puranas have also been studied to
unravel the complexity of Hanumans personality and its development
as a character in flesh and blood. Hanuman is also analysed in the
context of religious tradition centred on Ramayana. The study
focuses on the evolution and change in the theology of Hanuman. He
appears as an incarnation of Siva, a god in his own right, a tribal
deity and a hero god with power and virility who destroys evil. At
a mundane level Hanuman is an ideal human, an upright man, a
trusted friend of Rama, a statesman and a brave warrior. In the
bhakti tradition, he is the lord, the object of bhakti.
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