Vānara
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In Sanskrit, Vānara can mean one of three things:
1. vana nara meaning humans living in forests
2. va-nara meaning humans that are monkey – like
3. vā-nara also means nara-like or human-like.
Thus it is the animal that is man-like, or an ape. Vānaras are mentioned in the Rāmāyaṇa. Lord Rama took an army of vānaras with him when he attacked Rāvaṇa’s Lanka.