Guest guest Posted March 31, 2002 Report Share Posted March 31, 2002 > I just heard that according to one Sri Vaisnava scholar Hanuman should not > be depicted holding a club as there is no mention of such in Valmiki > Ramayana. > > Does anyone have any sastric insights on this or from previous acaryas? > Did Srila Prabhupada ever mention this? There is rather indirect hint in CC Madhya 15.34 - Sri Caitanya took a tree branch for a club and displayed Hanuman's lila of demolishing Lanka: hanum€n-€vee prabhu vka-€kh€ lañ€ la‰k€-gae cai’ phele gaa bh€‰giy€ hanum€n-€vee—in the emotion of being Hanum€n; prabhu—®r… Caitanya Mah€prabhu; vka-€kh€ lañ€—taking a large branch of a tree; la‰k€-gae—on the La‰k€ fort; cai’—ascending; phele—breaks down; gaa—the fort; bh€‰giy€—dismantling. Displaying the emotions of Hanum€n, ®r… Caitanya Mah€prabhu took up a large tree branch and, mounting the walls of the La‰k€ fort, began to dismantle it. Hope this helps ys bh. Jan veda.harekrsna.cz - Bhakti-yoga Vedic Encyclopedia Vedic Library (update under way) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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