मनीषिन् मनुष्य

मनु

मनु [मन्-उ Uṇ. 1. 10]
1 N. of a celebrated personage regarded as the representative man and father of the human race (sometimes regarded as one of the divine beings).
2 Particularly, the fourteen successive progenitors on sovereigns of the earth mentioned in Ms. 1. 63. (The first Manu called स्वप्यंभुवमनु is supposed to be a sort of secondary creator, who produced the ten Prajāpatis or Ma- harshis and to whom the code of laws known as Manusmṛti is ascribed. The seventh Manu called वैव- स्वतमनु, being supposed to be born from the sun, is regarded as the progenitor of the present race of living beings and was saved from a great flood by Viṣṇu in the form of a fish, cf. मत्स्यावतार; he is also regarded as the founder of the solar race of kings who ruled at Ayodhyā; see U. 6. 18; R. 1. 11. The names of the fourteen Manus in order are: −1 स्वायंभुव, 2 स्वारोचिष, 3 औत्तमि, 4 तामस, 5 रैवत, 6 चाक्षुष 7 वैवस्व- त, 8 सावर्णि, 9 दक्षसावर्णि, 10 ब्रह्मसावर्णि, 11 धर्मसावर्णि, 12 रुद्रसावर्णि, 13 रौच्य-दैव- सावर्णि and 14 इंद्रस वर्णि).
3 A symbolical expression for the number ‘fourteen’.
4 A man, mankind (opp. evil spirits).
5 Thought, thinking or mental faculty (Ved.).
6 A proyer, sacred text or sped (मंत्र).
−नुः f. The wife of Manu.
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−अंतरं the period or age of a Manu; (this period, according to Ms. 1. 79, comprises 4, 320,000 human years or (1/14) th day of Brahmā, the fourteen Manvantaras making up one whole day; each of these fourteen, periods is supposed to be presided over by its own Manu; six such periods have already passed away; we are at present living in the seventh, and seven more are yet to come).
−जः a man, mankind. ºअधिपः, ºअधिपतिः, ºईश्वरः ºपतिः, ºराजः a king, sovereign. ºलो- कः the world of men, i. e. the earth.
−जा a woman.
−जातः a man. −ज्ये- ष्ठः a sword.
−प्रणीत a. taught or expounded by Manu
−भूः a man. mankind.
−राज् m. an epithet of Kubera.
−श्रेष्ठः an epithet of Vishṇu.
−संहिता the code of laws ascribed to the first Manu, the institutes of Manu.

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