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Manu
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(Sanskrit, "man"), in Hindu mythology, the first man, ancestor of the world. In the Satapatha-Brahmana he is represented as a holy man, the chief figure in a flood-myth. Warned by a fish of the impending disaster he built a ship, and when the waters rose was dragged by the fish, which he harnessed to his craft, beyond the northern mountains. When the deluge ceased, a daughter was miraculously born to him and this pair became the ancestors of the human race. In the later scriptures the fish is declared an incarnation of Brahma.
See SANSKRIT LITERATURE; INDIAN LAW (Hindu).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Manu'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/manu.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Manu'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/manu.html. 1910.
