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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for मनु

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

मनुmanua.Thinking, wise, intelligent, sage; सलोकपाला मुनयो मनूनामाद्यं मनुं प्राञ्जलयः प्रणेमुः Bhāg.4.6.39.
Thinking, wise, intelligent, sage; सलोकपाला मुनयो मनूनामाद्यं मनुं प्राञ्जलयः प्रणेमुः Bhāg.4.6.39.
Derived forms and compounds
- मनुः manuḥ
  
  मन्-उ Uṇ.1.1
  
  Name of a celebrated personage regarded as the representative man and father of the human race (sometimes regarded as one of the divine beings).
  
  Particularly, the fourteen successive progenitors or sovereigns of the earth mentioned in Ms.1.63. (The first Manu called स्वायंभुवमनु is supposed to be a sort of secondary creator, who produced the ten Prajapatis or Maharṣis and to whom the code of laws known as Manusmriti is ascribed. The seventh Manu called वैवस्वतमनु, 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; Compare मत्स्यावतार; he is also regarded as the founder of the solar race of kings who ruled at Ayodhyā; see Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.18; R.1.11; विवस्वान् मनवे प्राह मनुरिक्ष्वाकवेऽब्रवीत् Bg.4.1. The names of the fourteen Manus in order are: 1 स्वायंभुव, 2 स्वारोचिष, 3 औत्तमि, 4 तामस, 5 रैवत, 6 चाक्षुष, 7 वैवस्वत, 8 सावर्णि, 9 दक्षसावर्णि, 1 ब्रह्मसावर्णि, 11 धर्मसावर्णि, 12 रुद्रसावर्णि, 13 रौच्य-दैवसावर्णि and 14 इंद्रसावर्णि).
  
  A symbolical expression for the number 'fourteen'.
  
  A man, mankind (Opposite of evil spirits); मनवे शासदव्रतान् Ṛv.1.13.8.
  
  Thought, thinking or mental faculty (Vedic).
  
  A prayer, sacred text or spell (मन्त्र); मनुं साधयतो राज्यं नाकपृष्ठमनाशके Mb.13.7.18.
  
  (Plural) Mental powers; देहोऽसवोऽक्षा मनवो भूतमात्रा नात्मानमन्यं च विदुः परं यत् Bhāg.6.4.25.
- -नुः Feminine The wife of Manu.
- -अन्तरम् the period or age of a Manu; (this period, according to Ms.1.79, comprises 4,32, human years or 1/14th 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); मन्वन्तरं तु दिव्यानां युगानामेकसप्ततिः Ak.
- -जः a man, mankind. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedअधिपः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedअधिपतिः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedईश्वरः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपतिः, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedराजः a king, sovereign. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedलोकः the world of men; id est, that is the earth.
- -जा a woman.
- -जातः a man.
- -ज्येष्ठः a sword.
- -प्रणीत Adjective taught or expounded by Manu.
- -भूः a man, mankind.
- -राज् Masculine an epithet of Kubera.
- -श्रेष्ठः an epithet of Viṣṇu.
- -संहिता, -स्मृतिः the code of laws ascribed to the first Manu, the institutes of Manu.
Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

मनुmanumfn. thinking, wise, intelligent VS. S3Br.
1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective thinking, wise, intelligent VS. S3Br.
2. masculine gender "the thinking creature(?)", man, mankind fg-veda VS. AitBr. TA1r. (also as opp. to evil spirits fg-veda i, 130, 8; viii, 98, 6 etc.; the R2ibhus ऋभु s are called मनोर् न्/अपातः, the sons of man, iii, 60, 3)
3. masculine gender the Man par excellence or the representative man and father of the human race (regarded in the fg-veda as the first to have instituted sacrifices and religious ceremonies, and associated with the R2ishis ऋषि s Kan2va कण्व and Atri अत्रि; in the AitBr. described as dividing his possessions among some of his sons to the exclusion of one called Na1bha1-nedisht2ha नाभा-नेदिष्ठ quod vide; called Sa1m2varan2a सांवरण as author of fg-veda ix, 101, 10-12; A1psava आप्सव as author of ibidem 106, 7-9; in Naigh. v, 6 he is numbered among the 31 divine beings of the upper sphere, and VS. xi, 66 as father of men even identified with Praja1-pati प्रजा-पति; but the name Manu मनु is especially applied to 14 successive mythical progenitors and sovereigns of the earth, described Mn. i, 63 and in later works as creating and supporting this world through successive Antaras अन्तर s or long periods of time see मन्व्-अन्तर below; the first is called Sva1yambhuva स्वायम्भुव as sprung from स्वयम्-भू, the Self-existent, and described in Mn. 12, 34 as a sort of secondary creator, who commenced his work by producing 10 Praja1patis प्रजापति s or Maharshis महर्षि s, of whom the first was मरीचि, Light; to this Manu मनु is ascribed the celebrated "code of Manu मनु" see मनु-संहिता, and two ancient Su1tra सूत्र works on Kalpa कल्प and Gr2ihya गृह्य id est sacrificial and domestic rites; he is also called Hairan2yagarbha हैरण्यगर्भ as son of Hiran2ya-garbha हिरण्य-गर्भ, and Pra1cetasa प्राचेतस, as son of Pra-cetas प्र-चेतस्; the next 5 Manus मनु s are called Sva1rocisha स्वारोचिष, Auttami औत्तमि, Ta1masa तामस, Raivata रैवत, Ca1kshusha चाक्षुष confer, compare IW. 208 neuter gender1; the 7th Manu मनु, called वैवस्वत, Sun-born, or from his piety, सत्य-व्रत, 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 Vishn2u विष्णु or Brahma1 ब्रह्मा in the form of a fish: he is also variously described as one of the 12 A1dityas आदित्य s, as the author of fg-veda viii, 27-31, as the brother of Yama यम, who as a son of he Sun is also called Vaivasvata वैवस्वत, as the founder and first king of Ayodhya1 अयोध्या, and as father of Ila1 इला who married Budha बुध, son of the Moon, the two great solar and lunar races being thus nearly related to each other see IW. 344; 373; the 8th Manu मनु or first of the future Manus मनु s according to to VP. iii, 2, will be Sa1varn2i सावर्णि; the 9th Daksha-sa1varn2i दक्ष-सावर्णि; the 12th Rudra-sa1varn2i रुद्र-सावर्णि; the 13th Raucya रौच्य or Deva-sa1varn2i देव-सावर्णि; the 14th Bhautya भौत्य or Indra इन्द्र - s sa1varn2i सावर्णि)
4. masculine gender thought (Equivalent to मनस्) TS. Breton
5. masculine gender a sacred text, prayer, incantation, spell (Equivalent to मन्त्र) Ra1matUp. Pan5car. Prata1p.
6. masculine gender Name of an Agni अग्नि MBh.
7. masculine gender of a Rudra रुद्र Pur.
8. masculine gender of Kr2is3a7s3va कृशा*श्व BhP.
9. masculine gender of an astronomer catalogue or catalogues
10. masculine gender (plural) the mental Powers BhP.
11. masculine gender Name of the number "fourteen" (on account of the 14 Manus मनु s) Su1ryas.
12. feminine Manu मनु 's wife (Equivalent to मनावी) Lexicographers; Trigonella Corniculata Lexicographers [confer, compare Gothic manna; German Mannus, son of Tuisto [TM], mentioned by Tacitus, in his work Germania, as the mythical ancestor of the West-Germans, mann, man; Anglo-Saxon man; English man .]
13. etc. see page and participle 784, column 2 .
Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

मनुmanu[mán-u] a. wise (V.); m. man, coll. man kind (V.); thought (pl. mental powers); prayer, spell; N. of a divine…

[mán-u] adjective wise (Veda, Vedic); masculine man, collective, -l man kind (Veda, Vedic); thought (plural mental powers); prayer, spell; noun of a divine being, progenitor of mankind; the most common among the many patronymic terms applied to him are Vaivasvata, Svâyambhuva, and Hairanyagarbha. In post-Vedic chronology seven Manus are assumed, each of whom presides over a cosmic period (manu ͜ antara), acting in it as creator and preserver of beings; still later seven more Manus are added.

Source: Macdonell

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