Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2683

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Añjanā gave birth to Hanūmān. When he grew up Hanūmān desired to learn Vedas and Śāstras (scriptures). Hanūmān approached Bṛhaspati to learn from him. But Bṛhaspati was not prepared to teach a monkey who jumped about everywhere. The disappointed Hanūmān went to the Sun, who asked him how it could be done by him as he was engaged in travelling without stop. Hanūmān said that he would move in front of the sun always. Thus Hanūmān who had been rejected by Bṛhaspati became the disciple of the Sun. (Uttara Rāmāyaṇa).