Hanuman, the monkey god, holds a mace in his right hand and a Himalayan mountain, with the herb sanjeevani , with his left. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.

When Lakshman, Rama's younger brother was fatally wounded, the only cure was a herb which grew on the Himalayan mountain Dunagiri. In a hurry, Hanuman could not find the herb and so carried the entire mountain back