Anjanā

By Jit Majumdar

1. collyrium; having the hue of collyrium
2. dark, dusky, swarthy
3. a serpent (Bhāgavata); a mountain. (fem: anjanā): daughter of the Vānara king Kuñjara and wife of Keśarī (Br. Pur.); the mother of Hanumāna through Vāyu (V. Rām.).

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