Vānaras
Jāmbavān
King of the bears, the eldest counsel. The memory of the army.
Kiṣkindhā KāṇḍaVālmīki (primary text)In the text
At the southern shore the vānaras doubt that anyone can cross. Jāmbavān turns to Hanumān, son of the wind. His strength is memory, since he has seen Viṣṇu's three strides and the churning of the ocean. In the war he later names the Himalayan herbs that revive the wounded.
Primary text: Śrīmad Vālmīkīya Rāmāyaṇa, Gita Press, Gorakhpur. Later traditions and living-tradition associations are labelled as such. Return to the Rāmāyaṇa World.