[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.2682 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2682 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2682 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2682](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2682) 8) \*Hanūmān.\* Añjanā the mother of Hanūmān was a servant of Bṛhaspati in her previous birth. Her name then was Puñjikāsthali. She once went to fetch water. At that time many Vidyādhara young people, both male and female, came there and engaged in amorous acts. Puñjikāsthali witnessed these love-scenes for a long time and then returned home. It is mentioned in Kampa Rāmāyaṇa that Bṛhaspati cursed her to be born in the next birth as a female monkey. - [Previous: c4.2681](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2681) - [Next: c4.2683](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2683) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2682](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2682) · Pramāṇa