Manu
Manu
Manu is a name used for more than one person in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Svāyaṃbhuva Manu: the first of the fourteen Manus, born from the right half of Brahmā‘s body, and the father of the human line through Śatarūpā. Śiva Purāṇa, Rudra Saṃhitā, Sṛshṭi Khaṇḍa, Chapter 16; Mahābhārata, Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 98; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapter 46; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 2, Chapters 1, 7; Skandha 3, Chapters 9, 12–13, 20–22; Skandha 4, Chapters 1, 8, 11, 18–19, 21–22, 24, 29–30; Skandha 5, Chapter 1; Skandha 6, Chapter 3; Skandha 8, Chapter 1; Skandha 11, Chapters 14, 16; Skandha 12, Chapter 12; Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 18, 20, 117, 150, 219
- Vaivasvata Manu: the seventh Manu, son of Sūrya and Saṃjñā, who was saved from the great flood by Bhagavān Matsya and fathered the Solar dynasty. Agni Purāṇa, Chapters 2, 5, 18, 150–151, 158, 162, 166, 219, 269, 272–273; Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 1, Chapters 3, 12; Skandha 2, Chapter 7; Skandha 5, Chapter 18; Skandha 6, Chapters 6, 9; Skandha 8, Chapters 13, 24; Skandha 9, Chapters 1–2, 6; Skandha 12, Chapter 2; Matsya Purāṇa, Chapters 1–2, 9, 11–12; Vāmana Purāṇa, Chapters 39–40; Vāmana Purāṇa, Saro Māhātmya, Chapter 26