Mahaviri: Hanuman Chalisa Demystified

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by  Rambhadracharya, Nityananda Misra, Karan Singh

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Mahāvīrī
Hanumān-Cālīsā Demystiied
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(Gosvāmī Tulasīdāsa’s timeless hymn to Hanumān
with word-by-word meanings, translation,
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commentary, explanatory notes, prosody,
musical notation, verse index, and word index)
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Based on the Hindi book
Śrīhanumānacālīsā: Mahāvīrī Vyākhyā
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Jagadguru Rāmānandācārya
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Svāmī Rāmabhadrācārya
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Translated, expanded, and annotated by
Nityānanda Miśra
Niraamaya Publishing, Mumbai
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First edition: Mumbai, September 2015
© 2015 by Nityanand Misra
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Originally published as
Śrīhanumānacālīsā: Mahāvīrī Vyākhyā
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Transliteration Key
For transliteration of Hindi and Sanskrit words, this book uses the
International Alphabhet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) with one
modiication (nasalized vowel) and two additions (retrolex laps).
The transliteration characters with their Devanagari equivalents,
broadtranscriptionsaspertheInternationalPhoneticAlphabet(IPA),
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andexamplesarelistedinthefollowingtable. Languagesareshown
by their ISO 639-1 or ISO 639-2 code (DE: German, EN: English,
ES: Spanish, FR: French, GD: Scottish Gaelic, HI: Hindi, PRA: Prakrit,
SA:Sanskrit,andSV:Swedish).
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Vowels
a अ ə ENalone,fathom;SAati(अऽत),mati(मऽत)
ā आ aː ENart,far;HIāma(आम);SPArāma(ऱम)
i इ i ENinner,bin;SAindra(इ),śiṣṭa(ऽश)
ī ई iː ENeach,tree;SAīśa(ईश),adhīśa(अधाश)
u उ u ENUzbek,full;MSAukta(उ),anukta(अनि )
ū ऊ uː ENooze,true;HIūpara(ऊपर);SAnyūna(नी )
ṛ ऋ r̩ Like UKEN interesting; SA ṛta (ऋत), kṛta (कुत):
vocalicr
ṝ ॠ rː̩ SApitṝn(ऽपतनू ो): longvocalicr
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ḷ ऌ l̩ LikeENpickle;SAkḷpta(): vocalicl
e ए eː LikeENsay;DEIdee,lesen,zehn;SAeka(एक)
ai ऐ əi InSA:LikeENmight;SAaikya(ऐ),vaira(वरै )
Sæ InSTANDARDHI:ENmat;HIaise(ऐसे),baila(बलै )
o ओ oː LikeENno;DEOber;FRchose;SAcora(चॉर)
au औ əu InSA:LikeENout;SAaurasa(औरस),saura(सॊर)
ɔː InSTANDARDHI:ENnot;HIaura(और),sau(सॊ)
Vowelmodiiers(anusvāra,anunāsika,andvisarga)
ṃ ◌ं - InSA:purenasalafteravowel,asinhaṃsa(हंस)
In PRA, HI: homorganic nasal (ŋ/ɲ/ɳ/n̪/m) if
aplosivefollows,purenasalotherwise
◌̐ ◌ँ ◌̃ FRbonvivant;HIhā̐(ह़ँ): vowelnasalization
ḥ ◌ः - LikeGDloch;SAsaḥ(सः): vowelaspiration
Consonants
Note: The Devanagari equivalents in the second column below are
shownwiththeinherentvowel/ə/.
k क k ENcall,black;SAkalā(कल़),rocaka(रॉचक)
kh ख kʰ LikeENworkhorse;SAkhela(खले ),mukha(मखि )
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g ग ɡ ENgo,dog;SAgīta(गात),rāga(ऱग)
gh घ ɡʱ LikeENdoghouse;HIghanā(घऩ),bāgha(ब़घ)
ṅ ङ ŋ ENanger,sing;SAaṅga(अ),śaṅkā(श़)
c च c ENchin,catch;HIpā̐ca(प़चँ );SAcoraL(चॉर)
ch छ cʰ LikeENhitchhike;HIchāpa(छ़प),pū̐cha(पछीँ )
j ज ɟ ENjob,badge;SAjanma(ज),gaja(गज)
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jh झ ɟʱ LikeENhedgehog;HIjhūlā(झली ़),sūjha(सझी )
ñ ञ ɲ ESespañol;FRoignon;SApañca(प)
ṭ ट ʈ LikeENtime;SVkarta;SAṭīkā(टाक़),paṭa(पट)
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ṭh ठ ʈʰ LikeENguesthouse;HIṭhaga(ठग),gā̐ṭha(ग़ठँ )
ḍ ड ɖ LikeENbird;SVnord;HIḍara(डर),aḍīga(अऽडग)
ḍh ढ ɖʱ LikeENbirdhouse;HIḍhāla(ढ़ल),buḍḍhā(बि ़)
ṇ ण ɳ LikeENbent;SAkaṇṭha(कठ),daṇḍa(दड)
ḏ ड़ ɽ HAIbaḏā(बड़़),sāḏī (स़ड़ा): retrolexlap
ḏh ढ़ ɽʱ HIpaḏhāī (पढ़़ई): aspiratedretrolexlap
t त t̪ EStres;FRtout;SAtaru(त),rati(रऽत)
th थ tʰ̪ LikeENbathhouse;HIthoḏā(थॉड़़),hātha(ह़थ)
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d द d̪ ESdos;FRDieu;SAdīpa(दाप),pada(पद)
dh ध d̪ʱ LikeENwithhold;SAdharma(धम),vadha(वध)
n न n̪ ENplinth;EScantar;SAnṛtya(नु ),hīna(हान)
p प p ENpun,top;SAputra(पि ),kopa(कॉप)
ph फ pʰ LikeENupheaval;SAphala(फल),kapha(कफ)
b ब b ENbig,ebb;HIsaba(सब);SAbīja(बाज)
bh भ bʱ LikeENclubhouse;SAbhaya(भय),kṣobha(ॉभ)
m म m ENmonth,brim;SAmātā(म़त़),bhūmi(भऽीम)
y य j ENyes,canyon;SAyoddhā(यॉ़),vāyu(व़यि)
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