Hanuman Is a "Forest-Being" — What the Title Hanuman Ansh Really Says (Vānara, Decoded)

Discover India Podcast by Professor Pankaj Jain, Ph.D. by Prof Pankaj Jain

You saw Hanuman Ansh. The boy talking to a tree, the pot that never runs dry — both are explained by the title. Ansh, aṃśa, is a fragment. Hanuman is a vānara: vana + nara, forest + person — a forest-being. Greek andr- m...View more