ਹਣਵੰਤੁ

Old Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਹਣਵੰਤਰੁ (haṇavantaru)

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa हणुवन्त (haṇuvanta), from Prakrit हणुमंत (haṇumaṃta), from Sanskrit हनुमन्त् (hanumant). Doublet of ਹਨੂਮਾਨ (hanūmāna).

Proper noun

ਹਣਵੰਤੁ (haṇavantu)

1. (Hinduism) Hanuman

   Synonym: ਹਨੂਮਾਨ (hanūmāna)

   • 1604, Bhagat Kabir, Ādi Granth ang 1193:

     ਹਣਵੰਤੁ ਜਾਗੈ ਧਰਿ ਲੰਕੂਰੁ॥

     haṇavantu jāgai dhari laṅkūru.

     • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

       Hanuman with his tail is awake and aware.

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਹਣਵੰਤਰੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2^nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 60
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hanūmant”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 808