HANUMAN CHALISA: With Meaning
Book Details
Author(s)
Sunil Borad
Publisher
Sunil Borad
ISBN / ASIN
B00YUR5XHE
ISBN-13
978B00YUR5XH7
Sales Rank
#1,787,965
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
ABOUT HANUMAN CHALISA :
The Hanuman Chalisa (Devanagari: हनà¥à¤®à¤¾à¤¨ चालीसा; Hindi pronunciation: [ɦənÊŠmaËn tʃaËliËsaË]; literally Forty chaupais on Hanuman) is a Hindu devotional hymn (stotra) addressed to Hanuman.
It is traditionally believed to have been authored by 16th-century poet Tulsidas in the Awadhi language, and is his best known text apart from the Ramcharitmanas. The word "chÄlÄ«sÄ" is derived from "chÄlÄ«s", which means the number forty in Hindi, as the Hanuman Chalisa has 40 verses (excluding the couplets at the beginning and at the end).
Hanuman is a vanara (a monkey-like humanoid deity), a devotee of Rama, and one of the central characters in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana. Folk tales increasingly eulogise the powers of Hanuman, and he is considered by many to be an avatar of the god Shiva. The qualities of Hanuman – his strength, courage, wisdom, celibacy, devotion to Rama and the many names by which he was known – are detailed in the Hanuman Chalisa. There are more temples devoted to Hanuman than any other deity in India, and recitation or chanting of the Hanuman Chalisa is a common religious practice.
The Hanuman Chalisa (Devanagari: हनà¥à¤®à¤¾à¤¨ चालीसा; Hindi pronunciation: [ɦənÊŠmaËn tʃaËliËsaË]; literally Forty chaupais on Hanuman) is a Hindu devotional hymn (stotra) addressed to Hanuman.
It is traditionally believed to have been authored by 16th-century poet Tulsidas in the Awadhi language, and is his best known text apart from the Ramcharitmanas. The word "chÄlÄ«sÄ" is derived from "chÄlÄ«s", which means the number forty in Hindi, as the Hanuman Chalisa has 40 verses (excluding the couplets at the beginning and at the end).
Hanuman is a vanara (a monkey-like humanoid deity), a devotee of Rama, and one of the central characters in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana. Folk tales increasingly eulogise the powers of Hanuman, and he is considered by many to be an avatar of the god Shiva. The qualities of Hanuman – his strength, courage, wisdom, celibacy, devotion to Rama and the many names by which he was known – are detailed in the Hanuman Chalisa. There are more temples devoted to Hanuman than any other deity in India, and recitation or chanting of the Hanuman Chalisa is a common religious practice.
