Vayu and Anjana are the parents of Hanuman. Vayu carried divine prasad to Anjana, and from this blessed food Hanuman was born with the wind god's powers.
⚠ The Uttara Kanda of the Valmiki Ramayana names Kesari as Hanuman's father through Anjana, with Vayu's role varying between divine father and bestower of blessings across traditions.
Kunti invoked Vayu, the wind god, through her divine mantra. Vayu fathered Bhima, who inherited his father's immense physical strength and became the mightiest warrior among the Pandavas.
The Ashta Dikpalas are the eight deities who guard the cardinal and intercardinal directions in Hindu cosmology, assigned in the Puranas to protect the world from each quarter.
The Devas count among their number Indra, king of the gods and wielder of the thunderbolt; Agni, the sacred fire who carries offerings to heaven; Surya, who drives his chariot across the sky each day; Vayu, lord of the winds; Varuna, guardian of cosmic order and the waters; and Soma, the divine nectar personified.
Hindu Vayu and Persian Vayu descend from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Wāyu, the wind deity worshipped before the Vedic and Avestan traditions diverged.
When Indra's thunderbolt struck the infant Hanuman from the sky, Vayu gathered his unconscious son into his arms and withdrew all wind from the three worlds, suffocating every creature until Brahma and the gods rushed to revive Hanuman and shower him with divine boons.
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