[Advaita-l] The story of Hanuman as told in the Narada Purana

[V Subrahmanian]

It is well known that in the popular Hanuman Chalisa there is the name
'Sankara's son'.  He has also said that in the Vinayapatrika
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman_Chalisa

The Shiva Purana too says so, as reported.  In this long chapter, 79, of
the Narada Purana, there is a story of Hanuman as told by Rama himself.
Maybe this could be the inspiration to Tulasidas to hold Hanuman to be
Shiva's amsha/son. The story portrays Hanuman as a great devotee, very well
praised by all, including Rama.  The original Purana chapter is here:
https://sa.wikisource.org/s/4z5

The entire chapter is available in English translation here:

https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.21516/page/n201/mode/2up?q=lady


There is a Hanuman Kavacha in the earlier chapter, number 78.

The Taarasaara Upanishad too identifies Shiva and Hanuman.
https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_upanishhat/tarasara.html?lang=iast

regards
subbu