[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) › c7.45 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.45 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.45 - **Language:** English ### [c7.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.45) 2) His birth. While Śiva and Pārvatī assumed the form of monkeys and enjoyed themselves in the forest Pārvatī got pregnant, and Śiva took the semen from the womb and gave it to Vāyu (wind God.) Vāyu deposited it in the womb of Añjanā, who delivered a son named Hanūmān. Śiva assumed the form of an elephant (tusker) - [Previous: c7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.44) - [Next: c7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.46) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.45) · Pramāṇa