On the birth of Hanuman

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Dear Bhagavtas:

Given below is a message from Sri Srinivasan Swami reconciling the two dates

relating to the birth of HanumAn.You will agrree that it is informative. On

your behalf, I wish to thank him for the input.

Dasoham

Anbil Ramaswamy

Editor & Publisher "Sri Ranga Sri"

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>Shalini & R S Narayanan Anbil K Ramaswamy (no subject)

>Thu, 28 Dec 2000 06:04:39 +0530

 

Dear Sri Ramaswamy,

I saw your article on Sri Hanumaan. It is very interesting and the

sloka at the end (viz.) "AsAdhya SAdhaka SwAmi ..." is a real panacea for

all physical and mental ills. It is my personal experience too.

 

Coming to the confusion re. the date of his Jananam, a clarification is

given on pages 80-81 of a new publication in Tamil by LIFCO called "Sri

Veera Anjaneyan" containing many details and songs on him collected by

BhAgavatha Siromani Sri Ramakrishna Iyengar. Samaratha Ramadas has sung an

abhang "Anjani udhari janmuni vanara jhale hanuman, vasantha rithu madhu

masa pournima dhinakara udayaca velee" (madhu-chaitra).

 

According to tradtion, Anjana and Kesari were privately conversing on a

hilltop on chitra pournami day when a roaring sound was heard. When Kesari

asked who it was, Vaayu appeared that under instructions from Brahma, he was

to impregnate Anjana that night. Thus, garbhadanam

was on chitra pournami day.

 

Nine months later, under margazhi Moola star, Hanumaan was born.

Further, the asterism on pournami would be generally Arudra. Fourteenth star

from it is Moola.

 

Thus, for Hanumaan, conception was on pournami and birth on amavasai.

 

The author has quoted prof. K. Srinivasa Raghavan of Kottaiyur and

author of "Chronology of Ancient Bharat" for the above clarification.

 

Regards,

Srinivasa Daasan.

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