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Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2331

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2331

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c7.2331

While Kesarī was living in the Mahāmeru, Brahmā cursed a celestial maid named Māṇagarvā and changed her into a female monkey. She became the wife of Kesarī, under the name Añjanā. For a long time the couple had no children. Añjanā worshipped Vāyu Bhagavān (Wind-God) for a child.