मनु — {mánu} mfn. thinking, wise, intelligent##m. 'the thinking creature(?)', man, mankind (also as opp. to evil spirits i, 130, 8 ; viii, 98, 6 &c##the Ṛibhus are called {manor nápātaḥ}, the sons of man, iii, 60, 3)##the Man par excellence or the representative man and father of the human race (regarded in the as the first to have instituted sacrifices and religious ceremonies, and associated with the Ṛishis Kaṇva and Atri##in the 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 ix, 101, 10-12##Āpsava as author of 106, 7-9##in v, 6 he is numbered among the 31 divine beings of the upper sphere, and xi, 66 as father of men even identified with Prajs-pati##but the name Manu is esp. applied to 14 successive mythical progenitors and sovereigns of the earth, described i, 63 and in later wks. as creating and supporting this world through successive Antaras or long periods of time, {manv-antara} below##the first is called Svāyambhuva as sprung from {svayam-bhū}, the Self-existent, and described in 12, 34 as a sort of secondary creator, who commenced his work by producing 10 Prajāpatis or Maharshis, of whom the first was {marīci}, Light##to this Manu is ascribed the celebrated 'code of Manu', {manu-saṃhitā}, and two ancient Sūtra works on Kalpa and Gṛihya i.e. sacrificial and domestic rites##he is also called Hairaṇyagarbha as son of Hiraṇya-garbha, and Prācetasa, as son of Pra-cetas##the next 5 Manus are called Svārocisha, Auttami, Tāmasa, Raivata, Cākshusha, IW. 208, n. 1##the 7th Manu, called {vaivasvata}, Sun-born, or from his piety, {satya-vrata}, is regarded as the progenitor of the present race of living beings, and said, like the Noah of the Old Testament, to have been preserved from a great flood by Vishṇu or Brahmā in the form of a fish: he is also variously described as one of the 12 Ādityas, as the author of viii, 27-31, as the brother of Yama, who as a son of he Sun is also called Vaivasvata, as the founder and first king of Ayodhyā, and as father of Ilā who married Budha, son of the Moon, the two great solar and lunar races being thus nearly related to each other, 344 ; 373##the 8th Manu or first of the future Manus, accord. to iii, 2, will be Sāvarṇi##the 9th Daksha-sāvarṇi##the 12th Rudra-sṭsāvarṇi##the 13th Raucya or Deva-sṭsāvarṇi##the 14th Bhautya or Indra-sṭsāvarṇi)##thought (= {manas})##a sacred text, prayer, incantation, spell (= {mantra})##N. of an Agni##of a Rudra##of Kṛiśâśva##of an astronomer##(pl.) the mental Powers##N. of the number 'fourteen' (on account of the 14 Manus)##f. Manu's wife (= {manāvii}) ; Trigonella Corniculata [Cf. Goth. {manna} ; Germ. {ṃannus}, son of {ṭuisto} {ṭṃ}, mentioned by Tacitus, in his wk. {ṅermania}, as the mythical ancestor of the West-Germans, {mann}, {man} ; Angl. Sax. {man} ; Eng. {man}.]
मनु — {mánu} &c. p. 784, col. 2
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