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1 मनु
mánumfn. thinking, wise, intelligent VS. ṠBr. ;
m. « the thinking creature(?)», man, mankind RV. VS. AitBr. TĀr. ;
( alsoᅠ as opp. to evil spirits RV. I, 130, 8; VIII, 98, 6 etc.. ;
the Ṛibhus are called manornápātaḥ, the sons of man, III, 60, 3);
the Man par excellence orᅠ the representative man andᅠ father of the human race (regarded in the RV. as the first to have instituted sacrifices andᅠ religious ceremonies, andᅠ associated with the Ṛishis Kaṇva andᅠ Atri;
in the AitBr. described as dividing his possessions among some of his sons to the exclusion of one called Nābhā-nedishṭha q.v.;
called Sāṃvaraṇa as author of RV. IX, 101, 10-12 ;
Āpsava as author of ib. 106, 7-9 ;
in Naigh. V, 6 he is numbered among the 31 divine beings of the upper sphere, andᅠ VS. XI, 66 as father of men even identified with Prajs-pati;
but the name Manu is esp. applied to 14 successive mythical progenitors andᅠ sovereigns of the earth, described Mn. I, 63 andᅠ in later wks. as creating andᅠ supporting this world through successive Antaras orᅠ long periods of time seeᅠ manv-antara below ;
the first is called Svāyambhuva as sprung from svayam-bhū, the Self-existent, andᅠ described in Mn. 12, 34 as a sort of secondary creator, who commenced his work by producing 10 Prajāpatis orᅠ Maharshis, of whom the first was marīci, Light;
to this Manu is ascribed the celebrated « code of Manu» seeᅠ manu-saṉhitā, andᅠ two ancient Sūtra works on Kalpa andᅠ Gṛihya i.e. sacrificial andᅠ domestic rites;
he is alsoᅠ called Hairaṇyagarbha as son of Hiraṇya-garbha, andᅠ Prācetasa, as son of Pra-cetas;
the next 5 Manus are called Svārocisha, Auttami, Tāmasa, Raivata, Cākshusha cf. IW. 208 n. 1 ;
the 7th Manu, called vaivasvata, Sun-born, orᅠ from his piety,
satya-vrata, is regarded as the progenitor of the present race of living beings,
andᅠ said, like the Noah of the Old Testament, to have been preserved from a great flood by Vishṇu orᅠ Brahmā. in the form of a fish:
he is alsoᅠ variously described as one of the 12 Ādityas, as the author of RV. VIII, 27-31,
as the brother of Yama, who as a son of he Sun is alsoᅠ called Vaivasvata, as the founder andᅠ first king of Ayodhyā, andᅠ as father of Ilā who married Budha, son of the Moon, the two great solar andᅠ lunar races being thus nearly related to each other seeᅠ IW. 344; 373 ;
the 8th Manu orᅠ first of the future Manus accord. toᅠ VP. III, 2, will be Sāvarṇi;
the 9th Daksha-sāvarṇi;
the 12th Rudra-sāvarṇi;
the 13th Raucya orᅠ Deva-sāvarṇi;
the 14th Bhautya orᅠ Indra-sāvarṇi);
thought (= manas) TS. Br. ;
a sacred text, prayer, incantation, spell (= mantra) RāmatUp. Pañcar. Pratāp. ;
N. of an Agni MBh. ;
of a Rudra Pur. ;
of Kṛiṡâṡva BhP. ;
of an astronomer Cat. ;
(pl.) the mental Powers BhP. ;
N. of the number « fourteen» (on account of the 14 Manus) Sūryas. ;
f. Manu's wife (= manāvī) L. ;
Trigonella Corniculata L. ;
+ cf. Goth. manna;
Germ. ṉann, man;
Angl. Sax. man;
Eng. man
- मनुकपाल
- मनुकुलादित्य
- मनुग
- मनुज
- मनुजात
- मनुज्येष्ठ
- मनुतन्तु
- मनुतीर्थ
- मनुत्व
- मनुदिवि
- मनुप्रणीत
- मनुप्रवर्ह
- मनुप्रवल्ह
- मनुप्रीत
- मनुभू
- मनुमुक्तावलि
- मनुयुग
- मनुराज्
- मनुवत्
- मनुवश
- मनुवृत
- मनुश्रेष्ठ
- मनुसंहिता
- मनुसव
- मनुस्मृति
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