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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 932 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HANUMAN , in See also:

HINDU

Hindu See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology, a See also:

MONKEY

monkey-See also:

GOD

god, who forms a central figure in the.Ramayana. He was the See also:

child of a nymph by the god of the See also:

wind. His exploits, as the ally of Rama (incarnation of See also:

VISHNU (Sanskrit, " the worker," from root vish, "to work ")

Vishnu) in the latter's recovery of his wife Sita from the clutches of the demon Ravana, include the bridging- of the straits between See also:

India and See also:

CEYLON

Ceylon with huge boulders carried away from the Himalayas. He is the See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of a See also:

HOST

host of monkeys, who aid in these supernatural deeds. Temples in his See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour are frequent throughout India.

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