[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) › c8.2732 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.2732 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.2732 - **Language:** English ### [c8.2732](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2732) It was at that time that Pārvatī and Parameśvara played amorous sports in the form of monkeys and Pārvatī became pregnant. Pārvatī expressed reluctance to be the mother of a monkey child and then Śiva by his divine powers deposited his semen virile through Vāyubhagavān (god of wind) into the womb of Añjanā who was then praying to him for a child. Coming to know of this through Nārada and fearing that his lordship over the monkeys would be lost if such a monkey were born to Añjanā Bāli poured into the belly of Añjanā molten liquid of pañcaloha (five metals). Añjanā was not the least injured and she gave birth in due course to a monkey son who became the celebrated Hanūmān, the life-force of the Rāma-Rāvaṇa tussle. (Pūrvakaṇḍa, Kamba Rāmāyaṇa; Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa, Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa). - [Previous: c8.2731](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2731) - [Next: c8.2733](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2733) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8) ## Cites (2) - [இராமாவதாரம்](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.bhasa.kamba) — Kampaṉ, Tamil - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2732](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.2732) · Pramāṇa