Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.583
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.583
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(4) Hanūmān's actual father was Śiva. Gaṇapati was born to Śiva and Pārvatī as they played in the forest disguised as elephants. After that Śiva and Pārvatī played about in the forest disguised as monkeys as a result of which Pārvatī got pregnant. Since Pārvatī did not like the idea of being the mother of a monkey, Śiva, by his yogic power entrusted the child, (in embryo) that was in the womb of Pārvatī to Vāyu (Wind god), who carried it with him hither and thither till it became mature, when it was deposited in Añjanā, the monkey woman. The monkey called Kesari was her husband. Thus Hanūmān was born as the son of Añjanā.