Guest guest Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 ||Om Brihaspataye Namah|| Dear Jyotisas, January 10 is Hanuman Jayanti. I read an interesting article on Hanuman in the Fridays edition of the Hindu newspaper and thought that I would share it with you all. According to the article which is titled ‘A fresh look at the bachelor deity’ by Lakshmi Devnath, there are nine forms of Hanuman or Anjaneya. One of these forms is known as the Kalyana Anjaneya or more specifically the Suvarchala Anjaneya. A temple dedicated to Suvarchala Anjaneya was built in 1999 in the village of Thailavaram near Maraimalainagar on the Chennai-Tiruchi highway. The consort of Hanuman is Suvarchala Devi, the daughter of Surya who taught Anjaneya the Vedas. A temple which has the nine forms of Anjaneya is located at Ongole while the Kanyaka Parameswari temple at Masulipatnam has a sculpture of the Suvarchala Anjaneya. Nice photos of the Thailavaram temple and the idols are given in the paper. The full name of the deity at this temple is Suvarchala Devi Sametha Chaturbhuja Subhamangala Varada Anjaneya. The scriptural reference is verses 8-14 of Parasara Samhita where a story about the Suvarchala Anjaneya is mentioned. There was a rishi named Pushkar who initiated two people into the dwadasakshari mantra of Suvarchala Hanumath and the story is about the contrasting attitude between the learned scholar and the tribal essentially driving home the point that medidation on the Guru and utmost faith are necessary for the mantra to have full effect. Interestingly the mantra is not mentioned but a verse in a sloka of Hanuman Mangalastakam is given: “Suvarchalaa kalathraaya chaturbhuja dharaaya cha Ushtraa roodhaya veeraya mangalam Sri Hanumathe” (or) “Salutations to Lord Hanuman, having four arms, accompanied by his consort Suvarchala Devi, seated on a camel and exhibiting extraordinary valor” I hope you enjoyed reading this. I also request the learned scholars to comment on this. The questions I have is: what are the nine forms of Anjaneya? Why camel as the carrier for Anjaneya? What is the mantra mentioned and is it prasiddhi? I am intrigued by the two spellings of Hanuman and Hanumath. Is there any deep understanding? Regards Hari Meet the all-new My – Try it today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2005 Report Share Posted January 8, 2005 Namasthe It is an interesting article. moreso because Hanuman (Anjaneya) is known to nithya brahmachari. In India one can find many temples with dieties contradicting atleast some of the puranas. Similar example is Lakshmi Vinayaka. Ganapathy is also known to be brahmachari. The story is that Ganapathy always says "tommorow" to the request for marriage and it never took place. "Hanuman" is a name but "Hanumathe" means "te Hanuman" "Hanuman"+"te"= Hanumathe or it could be taken as tasya Hanumanasya mangalam (mangalam Sri Hanuman). Hence there is nothing special about the spelling. I hope this helps Suresh --- Hari M <onlyhari wrote: > > ||Om Brihaspataye Namah|| > > > > Dear Jyotisas, > > > > January 10 is Hanuman Jayanti. I read an interesting > article on Hanuman in the Fridays edition of the > Hindu newspaper and thought that I would share it > with you all. > > > > According to the article which is titled ‘A fresh > look at the bachelor deity’ by Lakshmi Devnath, > there are nine forms of Hanuman or Anjaneya. One of > these forms is known as the Kalyana Anjaneya or more > specifically the Suvarchala Anjaneya. A temple > dedicated to Suvarchala Anjaneya was built in 1999 > in the village of Thailavaram near Maraimalainagar > on the Chennai-Tiruchi highway. The consort of > Hanuman is Suvarchala Devi, the daughter of Surya > who taught Anjaneya the Vedas. A temple which has > the nine forms of Anjaneya is located at Ongole > while the Kanyaka Parameswari temple at Masulipatnam > has a sculpture of the Suvarchala Anjaneya. Nice > photos of the Thailavaram temple and the idols are > given in the paper. The full name of the deity at > this temple is Suvarchala Devi Sametha Chaturbhuja > Subhamangala Varada Anjaneya. > > > > The scriptural reference is verses 8-14 of Parasara > Samhita where a story about the Suvarchala Anjaneya > is mentioned. There was a rishi named Pushkar who > initiated two people into the dwadasakshari mantra > of Suvarchala Hanumath and the story is about the > contrasting attitude between the learned scholar and > the tribal essentially driving home the point that > medidation on the Guru and utmost faith are > necessary for the mantra to have full effect. > Interestingly the mantra is not mentioned but a > verse in a sloka of Hanuman Mangalastakam is given: > “Suvarchalaa kalathraaya chaturbhuja dharaaya cha > > Ushtraa roodhaya veeraya mangalam Sri Hanumathe” > > > > (or) “Salutations to Lord Hanuman, having four arms, > accompanied by his consort Suvarchala Devi, seated > on a camel and exhibiting extraordinary valor” > > > > I hope you enjoyed reading this. I also request the > learned scholars to comment on this. > > > > The questions I have is: what are the nine forms of > Anjaneya? Why camel as the carrier for Anjaneya? > What is the mantra mentioned and is it prasiddhi? I > am intrigued by the two spellings of Hanuman and > Hanumath. Is there any deep understanding? > > > > Regards > > Hari > > > > > > > > Meet the all-new My – Try it today! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail./mail_250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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