ORIENTAL SERIES.

1 16 HALA-BHRITHANUMAN.
HALA-BELRIT.
HALAYUDHA. (
'
Bearing a plough.'
Bala-rama.
Wlio lias a ploughshare for his weapon,*
i.e., Bala-rama.
HANSA. i. This, according to the Bhagavata Puraraa, was
the name of the " one caste/' when, in olden times, there was
only " one Veda, one God,
and one caste." 2. A name used
in the Maha-bharata for Kn'shraa. 3. A mountain range north
of Mem.
HANSA Hansa and Dimbhaka were two great warrior-
brothers mentioned in the Maha-bharata as friends of Jara-sandha.
A certain king also named Hansa was killed by Bala-rama.
Hearing that " Hansa was killed," Dimbhaka, unable to live
withont him, committed suicide, and when Hansa heard of this
he drowned himself in the Yamuna.
HANUMAN, HANUMAT, HANUMAT. A celebrated
the wind/ by Anjana,
monkey chief. He was son of Pavana, f
wife of a monkey named Kesari. He was able to fly, and is
a conspicuous figure in the Ramaya^a. He and the other
monkeys who assisted Kama in his war against Ravana were of
divine origin, and their powers were superhuman. Hanuman
jumped from India to Ceylon in one bound ; he tore up trees,
carried away the Himalayas, seized the clouds, and performed
many other wonderful exploits. (See Surasa.) His form is " as
vast as a mountain and as tall as a gigantic tower. His com-
plexion is yellow and glowing like molten gold. His face is as
red as the brightest ruby ; while his enormous tail spreads out
to an interminable length.
He stands on a lofty rock and roars
like thunder. He leaps into the air, and flies among the clouds
with a rushing noise, whilst the ocean waves are roaring and
splashing below." In one of his fights
with Ravam and the
Rakshasas, they greased his tail and set it on fire, but to their
own great injury, for with it he burnt down their capital city,
Lanka. This exploit obtained for him the name Lanka-dahi.
His services to Rama were great and many. He acted as his
spy, and fought most valiantly. He flew to the Himalayas,
from whence he brought medicinal herbs with which he restored
the wounded, and he killed the monster KaLa-nemi, and thousands
of Gandharvas who assailed him. He accompanied Rama
on his return to Ayodhya, and there he received from him the
reward of perpetual life and youth. The exploits of Hanuman