Chiranjivi

thumb| of Hanumān, a popularly recognised chiranjivi. In Hinduism, the Chiranjivi () are a group of immortals set to remain alive on Earth until the end of the current epoch, the .

==Etymology and scriptural context== The Sanskrit nominal stem () is a compound composed of the adjective ()—here in its adverbial form () —and the noun () , itself derived from the verbal root () . The specific forms () and () are, respectively, the masculine nominative singular and nominative plural inflections of this stem.