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pavanaputra

पवनपुत्र pavanaputra

Son of the wind: an epithet of Hanuman, child of the wind-god Vayu (also Maruti, Anjaneya).

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  • Who is Hanuman? Deities

    He is the son of the wind-god Vayu, which earns him his commonest names, Pavanaputra and Maruti , the wind's child, and the source of his speed and his power of flight.

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