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Manu (Sanskrit: मनु) is a term found with various meanings in Hinduism. In early texts, it refers to the archetypal man, or the first man ( progenitor of humanity ). The Sanskrit term for 'human', मनुष्य ( IAST : manuṣya) or मानव (IAST: mānava) means 'of Manu' or 'children of Manu'. [ 1 ]
Vaivasvata Manu (Sanskrit: वैवस्वत मनु), also referred to as Shraddhadeva and Satyavrata, is the current Manu—the progenitor of the human race. He is the seventh of the 14 Manus of the current kalpa (aeon) of Hindu cosmology. In the Jain religion he is also known as Nabhiraja, the father of Rishabha and the last Kulakara.
For example, the British orientalist scholar William Jones translated the key texts Al Sirjjiyah in 1792 as the Mohammedan Law of Inheritance, and Manusmriti in 1794 as the Institutes of Hindu Law or the Ordinances of Manu. In short, British colonial administrators reduced centuries of vigorous development of total ethical, religious and social ...
While he was thus absorbed in contemplation and was observing the supernatural power, two other forms were generated from his body. They are still celebrated as the body of Brahma. Out of them, the one who had the male form became known as the Manu named Svayambhuva, and the woman became known as Satarupa, the queen of the great soul Manu.
Savarni Manu (Sanskrit: सावर्णिमनु, romanized: Sāvarṇimanu) is the eighth Manu, the first man of an age known as the Manvantara in Hindu mythology. [ 1 ] Literature
1 Religion. Toggle Religion subsection. 1.1 Proto Indo European Mythology. 1.2 Ancient Mesopotamia. 1.3 Hinduism. 2 Geography. ... Manu (Hinduism), Hindu progenitor ...
Chakshusha Manu (Sanskrit: चाक्षुषमनु, romanized: Cākṣuṣamanu) is the sixth Manu, the first man of an age known as the Manvantara in Hindu mythology. [ 1 ] Part of a series on
In other texts, it is the manasaputra, the mind-born children of Brahma, who are believed to have created the first man, Svayambhuva Manu, and the first woman, Shatarupa. [ 5 ] Shatarupa marries Svayambhuva , and the couple had five children — two sons, Priyavrata and Uttānapāda, and three daughters, Ākūti, Devahūti, and Prasuti . [ 6 ]