Jai Bajrang Bali meaning | बजरंगबली नाम का मतलब

‘Jai Bajrang Bali’ (जय बजरंगबली) is a Hindi phrase that means “Hail Bajrang Bali”. Bajrang Bali is another name for Hanuman (हनुमान), the Hindu vanara deity who is a devotee of Lord Rama and plays a major role in the epic Ramayana. The word Bajrang Bali comes from the word Bajrang which means ‘Orange’ (नारंगी) and Bali meaning ‘Strong’ (मजबूत). Jai Bajrang Bali is a way of expressing devotion and respect to Hanuman.

The word Bajrangbali is a compound of two words: Bajrang and Bali. The word Bajrang is another version of the word Vajrang, which means “the one with a body like Vajra”. Vajra is a Sanskrit word that means “diamond” or “thunderbolt” (‘हीरा’ या ‘वज्र’). It is also the name of the weapon of Indra, the king of gods. The word Bali means “strong” or “powerful” (मजबूत” या “शक्तिशाली’). Thus, Bajrangbali means “the strong one who has a body like a diamond or a thunderbolt” (वह बलवान जिसका शरीर हीरे या वज्र के समान हो).

The word Bajrangbali is one of the many names of Hanuman (हनुमान), the Hindu vanara deity who is a devotee of Lord Rama (भगवान राम) and plays a major role in the epic Ramayana (रामायण). Hanuman is also called Maruti, Anjaneya, Pavanputra, Mahavira, Kesari Nandan and many other names (हनुमान को मारुति, अंजनेय, पवनपुत्र, महावीर, केसरी नंदन और कई अन्य नामों से भी जाना जाता है). Hanuman is considered to be an avatar of Lord Shiva (भगवान शिव), the god of destruction and transformation.

The origin and history of the word Bajrangbali is not very clear, but it seems to be widely used in rural North India. It may have been derived from the folk songs and poems that praise Hanuman’s strength and courage. One of the earliest references to the word Bajrangbali can be found in the Hanuman Chalisa (हनुमान चालीसा), a 16th-century devotional hymn composed by Tulsidas, a poet-saint (कवि-संत तुलसीदास द्वारा रचित है) who was an ardent devotee of Rama and Hanuman. The Hanuman Chalisa mentions Bajrangbali as one of the names of Hanuman in the following verse:

दुर्गम काज जगत के जेते । सुगम अनुग्रह तुम्हरे तेते ॥

बज्रंग बलि की प्रताप महिमा । जानत जगत सब कोई ॥

Durgam kāj jagat ke jete | Sugam anugrah tumhare tete ||

Bajrang bali ki pratāp mahimā | Jānat jagat sab koī ||

Meaning of the above hymn | उपरोक्त स्तोत्र का अर्थ

You accomplish all the difficult tasks in the world with ease. Your grace makes everything easy.

The world knows the glory of your strength, O Bajrang Bali.

Some statistics related to the usage of  the word Bajrangbali are:

1. According to Google Trends, the word Bajrangbali has been searched more frequently in India than in any other country in the past 12 months. The top five regions where it has been searched are Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi.
2. According to Google Ngram Viewer, which tracks the frequency of words in books published between 1800 and 2019, the word Bajrangbali has been used more often since 1950 than before. The peak usage was around 1990.
3. According to Merriam-Webster’s Time Traveler tool, which shows when words were first used in print in English, the word Bajrangbali does not have a recorded first known use date. However, some related words such as Hanuman (1891), vanara (1879) and Ramayana (1794) have earlier dates.