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Definition of Hanumans
1. hanuman [n] - See also: hanuman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hanumans
Literary usage of Hanumans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1893)
"In the "Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal" for 1884, Mr. TH Hughes
described a contest which he had witnessed between two communities of hanumans ..."
2. A Classical Dictionary of India: Illustrative of the Mythology, Philosophy by John Garrett (1871)
"Amongst the Hindus it was applied to a variety of sacred or mythological objects,
which are enumerated in a verse in the hanumans Nataka. ..."
3. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1898)
"These hanumans in most parts of India are held sacred by the Hindoo community.
On the other hand, I have been at places where the villagers would come and ..."
4. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1894)
"... recently published : " My attention was attracted to a restless gathering of
hanumans in the grove adjoining the one in which my tent was pitched ; and, ..."
5. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"... and is permitted by the Hindus to plunder their grain-shops with impunity ;
but I think that with increasing hard times the hanumans are not allowed ..."
6. The Holyhead Road: The Mail-coach Road to Dublin by Charles George Harper (1902)
"... subscribe to missionary funds for spreading Christianity in strange lands,
and thus help to discredit the heathen Vishnus, Sivas, hanumans, and assorted ..."
7. Zoological Sketches: A Contribution to the Out-door Study of Natural History by Felix Leopold Oswald (1882)
"... and if she left her bedroom window open she was awakened by a committee of
hanumans taking an inventory of her wardrobe. One day she left the gardener's ..."
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