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][2]

  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.

References

  1. ^ “ਹਣਵੰਤੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025
  2. ^ Surindar Singh Kohli (1996) “ਹਣਵੰਤੁ”, in Dictionary of the Guru Granth Sahib, 1st edition, Amritsar: Singh Brothers, →ISBN, page 127, column 2; republished Amritsar, 2005.

Further reading

  • Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਹਣਵੰਤਰੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd 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
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