manu | ek bahuvikalpi shabd hai any arthoan ke lie dekhean:- manu (bahuvikalpi) |
manu hindoo manyataoan aur pauranik ullekhanusar ye brahma ke putr aur manushyoan ke mool roop the. vedoan ke anusar manu ko yajnoan adi ka pravarttak mana jata hai. shatapath brahman ke anusar ek machhali ne manu se pralay ki bat kahi thi aur aant mean inhian se srishti chali. purananusar ek kalp mean 14 manu hote haian. jinake adhikar kal ko manavantar kahate haian. purananusar 14 manuoan ke nam nimnalikhit haian-
- svayanbhuv manu
- svarochish manu
- auttam manu
- tamas manu
- raivat manu
- chakshush manu
- vaivasvat manu ya shraddhadev manu
- savarni manu
- daksh savarni manu
- brahm savarni manu
- dharm savarni manu
- rudr savarni manu
- dev savarni manu
- indr savarni manu
tika tippani aur sandarbh
pauranik kosh |lekhak: rana prasad sharma |prakashak: jnanamandal limited, varanasi |sankalan: bharat diskavari pustakalay |prishth sankhya: 397 |