One interpretation of Hanuman is one having a disfigured jaw.

In the Hindu pantheon, deities typically have many synonymous names, each based on some noble characteristic, attribute, or reminder of a mythical deed achieved by that deity. Hanuman is considered a bachelor and exemplary celibate. He symbolizes the human excellences of inner self-control, faith, and service to a cause, hidden behind the first impressions of a being who looks like an Ape-Man Vanara. In later literature, he is sometimes portrayed as the patron god of martial arts such as wrestling and acrobatics, as well as activities such as meditation and diligent scholarship. He is viewed as the ideal combination of strength, heroic initiative and assertive excellence and loving, emotional devotion to his personal god Rama, as Shakti and Bhakti. In the modern era, Hanumans iconography and temples have been increasingly common. The Vaishnava saint Madhva said that whenever Vishnu incarnates on earth, Vayu accompanies him and aids his work of preserving dharma. Lutgendorf also writes that the skills in Hanumans resume also seem to derive in part from his windy patrimony, reflecting Vayus role in both body and cosmos.īhakti movement saints such as Samarth Ramdas have positioned Hanuman as a symbol of nationalism and resistance to persecution. According to Philip Lutgendorf, an American Indologist, the theological significance of Hanuman and devotional dedication to him emerged about 1,000 years after the composition of the Ramayana, in the 2nd millennium CE, after the arrival of Islamic rule in the Indian subcontinent.

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