aMjanA 1 N. of the female elephant of the north. 2 N. of the mother of Māruti or Hanūmat. [She was the daughter of a monkey named Kuñjara and wife of Kesarin, another monkey. She was in a former birth a celestial nymph by name Puñjikasthalī and was born on earth owing to a curse. One day while she was seated on the summit of a mountain, her garment was slightly displaced, and the God of Wind being enamoured of her beauty assumed a visible form, and asked her to yield to his desires. She requested him not to violate her chastity, to which he consented; but he told her that she would conceive a son equal to himself in strength and lustre by virtue of his amorous desire fixed on her, and then disappeared. In course of time Anjanā conceived and brought forth a son who ( pb ) was called Māruti being the son of Māruta.]