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[[File:ภาพบรรยากาศงาน อุ่นไอรัก คลายความหนาว สายน้ำแห่งรัตนโกสินทร์ (34).jpg|thumb|Macchanu and Hanuman]]
'''Macchanu''' ({{lang-km|មច្ឆានុ}} - ''Mach-chha-nu''), ({{lang-th|มัจฉานุ}}; {{RTGS|''Matchanu''}}) is son of [[Hanuman]] that appears in the [[Cambodia]]n, [[Thailand|Thai]] and other [[Versions of Ramayana|versions of the Ramayana]].<ref name=z/><ref name=x/><ref name=y/><ref name=a>http://www.learnnc.org/lp/multimedia/2588 {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref name=b>http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/ramayana/1189 {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>

As per these versions of [[Ramayana]], during one of the battles with [[Ravana]]'s army, Hanuman encounters one powerful opponent, who looked like [[vanara]] from waist-up but had tail of a fish. After a fierce battle, as Hanuman was about to hit the creature with his weapons, a golden star shining in the sky above, reveals by way of [[Akashvani (term)|aakashwani]] that the enemy, whom he is going to harm is his own son born by his union with [[Suvannamaccha]], the [[mermaid]] daughter of Ravana. Hanuman, immediately holds his weapons in mid-air and father-son duo recognize each other.<ref name=a/><ref name=b/>

Another version of story tells, while following [[Ahiravana|Maiyarab]] in order to find [[Rama]] and [[Laxmana]], who have been abducted by Maiyarab and taken to his kingdom in netherworld, Hanuman reaches a pond, where he encounters Macchanu. The fight between them is indecisive, therefore, Hanuman is surprised and asks his opponent, who is he. Macchanu introduces himself as son of Hanuman and Suvannamaccha and so they finally identify and embrace each other. He tells Hanuman that Maiyarab is his foster father, who had picked him up lying on sea shore, where his mother had left him. Although, he does not want to betray Maiyarab but tells Hanuman through a riddle the entrance to the netherworld lies inside the lotus in the pond he was guarding.<ref name=z>{{cite book|title=The Ramayana and the Malay shadow-play by Amin Sweeney, Vālmīki|year=1972|publisher=Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia|pages=238, 246, 440|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qGrYAAAAMAAJ&q=Macchanu}}</ref><ref name=x>{{cite book|title=Satya sudhā, a critical evaluation of Dr. Satya Vrat Shastri's creative works by Satya Vrat Varma|year=1991|publisher=Eastern Book Linkers|pages=190, 205, 214|isbn=9788185133539|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9vxjAAAAMAAJ&q=Macchanu}}</ref><ref name=y>{{cite book|title=Śrīrāmakīrtimahākāvyam: Thāirāmakathāmāśritya praṇītamabhinavaṃ Saṃskr̥tamahākāvyam by Satyavrat Sastri|year=1990|publisher=Mūlāmala Sacadeva Pratiṣṭhānam|pages=xvi,224, 282|isbn=9789748358512|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6QtAAAAMAAJ&q=Macchanu}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Makardhwaja]] - the son of Hanuman, as per Indian version of Ramayana, where Hanuman is a celibate.

==References==
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[[Category:Vanara in the Ramayana]]
[[Category:Characters in the Ramayana]]
[[Category:Mythological human hybrids]]
[[Category:Animals in religion]]

Macchanu - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 17:55, 18 September 2023