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Tamil: Anchanai,
Malay: Anjani or Anjati,
Thai: Sawaha) was the mother of
Hanuman, one of the heroes of the Indian epic, the
Ramayana. According to one version of the story, was an
apsara named , who came to earth and married
Kesari, a monkey chief.
Vayu, god of the wind, carried the divine power of
Lord Shiva to Anjana's womb, and thus Hanuman was himself an incarnation of Lord Shiva.