单词 | hanuman |
释义 | Hanumann. 1. Hindu Mythology. The proper name of a monkey-chief; a semi-divine monkey-like creature, to whom extraordinary powers were attributed in legend. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > other deities > [noun] > Indian or Hindu > Hanuman Hanuman1814 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > various non-Christian superiors > [noun] > Indian guru1613 destour1630 Maharishi1785 acharya1789 mahant1801 Hanuman1814 Sankaracharya1947 1814 R. Southey in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 427 For the last ten years..Buonaparte..was the God Hanuman—the monkeys, whom he commanded, did the mischief. 1883 Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan 11 270 For greater safety Râmachandra..stationed Hanuman, the monkey-god..to guard the palace. 1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson at Lungoor The monkey-god Hunimān. 1936 E. G. Boulenger Apes & Monkeys ix. 215 The uncanny revenge taken by priests..upon an Englishman, who..insulted the image of Hanuman in a wayside temple. 1965 P. C. Jay in I. DeVore Primate Behavior vii. 197 One kind of monkey, the langur, has also had an important part in the traditions and epics of India and is often referred to in its role as the monkey deity Hanuman. 2. With lower-case initial. An Indian monkey, Presbytis entellus, venerated by Hindus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > subfamily Colobinae > genus Presbytis (langur) > species of Negro monkey1771 douc1774 simpai1820 lotong1824 entellus1843 Hanuman1843 Sumatran monkey1849 Sumatra monkey1877 tchincou1891 1843 E. Blyth in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 12 i. 174 The Hoonumans are strictly protected. 1843 E. Blyth in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 12 i. 174 I know of one locality where the whole numerous community of Bengal Hoonumans appears to consist of males only. 1867 T. Hutton in Proc. Zool. Soc. 944 The particular species of Monkey to which the name of Hoonoomaun now more especially and properly applies is known to naturalists as the Semnopithecus entellus. 1891 J. L. Kipling Beast & Man in India iii. 65 Of late years the tradesmen who form the bulk of the members of our municipalities have felt that there are too many Hanumāns abroad. 1897 Q. Rev. Oct. 395 No visitor to Hindostan..can have failed to see the sacred Monkey or Hanuman. 1936 E. G. Boulenger Apes & Monkeys ix. 215 The sacred langur, or hanuman..ranges over India from the Deccan northward to the south bank of the Ganges. In its rôle of a sacred animal, dedicated to the god Hanuman, it is unique. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1814 |
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