Who is Manu?

Question

Waht are his laws
What is his contribution to Hinduism

Answer 1

Manu is the father of mankind and from Manu, the word manusya in sanskrit meaning man in English has come.
The law given by Manu is so perfect that it can be applicable for all time. It is stated in Sanskrit to be tri-kaladau, which
means "good for the past, present, and future."

In every scripture, especially the Vedic scriptures like the Manu-smrti, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is said to be the ultimate creator. The Manu-smrti is considered the highest Vedic direction to humanity. Manu is the giver of law to mankind, and in the Manu-smrti it is clearly stated that before the creation the entire universal space was darkness, without information and without variety, and was in a state of complete suspension, like a dream. Everything was darkness. The Supreme Personality of Godhead then entered the universal space, and although He is invisible, He created the visible cosmic manifestation. In the material world the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not manifested by His personal presence, but the presence of the cosmic manifestation in different varieties is the proof that everything has been created under His direction. He entered the universe with all creative potencies, and thus He removed the darkness of the unlimited space.
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Srila Prabhupada states elsewhere:
Manu is the father of mankind. From the sanskrit word manusya, the word man has come. So Manu is accepted as the father of the mankind in Sanskrit literature. And in Bible it is said the man is made after God. So actually Brahma is the son of Visnu, and Manu is the son of Brahma, and we are also son of Manu in different aspect.

So gradually, if you go up, God comes to be our original father. And we say also, God is the original father. And the history, Vedic history, also says like that. So God... Because we have got form, therefore God has form. Just like my father had form; so I have got this form. This is commonsense knowledge. How my father can be impersonal? Unless my father was a person, how I am a person? If God is the original father, He must be a person. Otherwise how we are persons?

In the Bhagavad gita 4.1. Lord Sri Krishna states that he gave the system of yoga, the Bhagavad-gita, first to the sun-god, and the sun-god explained it to Manu, and Manu explained it to Iksvaku, and in that way, by disciplic succession, one speaker after another, this yoga system has been coming down.

In one kalpa, or one day of Brahma, fourteen Manus are manifest. One day of Brahma is calculated at 4 billion 320 million years, and Brahma lives for one hundred years on this scale. Thus if fourteen Manus appear in one day of Brahma, there are 420 Manus during one month of Brahma, and during one year of Brahma there are 5,040 Manus. Since Brahma lives for one hundred of his years, it is calculated that there are 504,000 Manus manifest during the lifetime of one Brahma. Since there are innumerable universes, no one can imagine the totality of the manvantara incarnations. Because all the universes are produced simultaneously by the exhalation of the Maha-Vishnu, no one can begin to calculate how many Manus are manifest at one time. Each Manu, however, is called by a different name. The first Manu is called Svayambhuva, and he is the son of Brahma. The second Manu, Svarocisha, is the son of the predominating deity of fire. The third Manu is Uttama, and he is the son of King Priyavrata. The fourth Manu, Tamasa, is the brother of Uttama. The fifth Manu, called Raivata, and the sixth Manu, Cakshusha, are both brothers of Tamasa, but Cakshusha is the son of Cakshu. The seventh Manu is called Vaivasvata, and he is the son of the sun-god. The eighth Manu is called Savarni, and he is also a son of the sun-god, born of a wife named Chaya. The ninth Manu, Dakshasavarni, is the son of Varuna. The tenth Manu, Brahmasavarni, is the son of Upasloka. Four other Manus are known as Rudrasavarni, Dharmasavarni, Devasavarni and Indrasavarni.
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Answer 2

Manu Rishi

Answer 3

Manu is considered to be the first man created by Brahma, to come to earth according to hinduisim. He is known as Swayambhuva Manu and his wife ( The first Woman) is known as Shatharupa.

The Bagavadam says that there are 150 cycles of 4 yugas which will be handled by Brahma. Every seven cycles are named after a Manu, The successor of Swayambhuva Manu, who are considered to rule the earth for that cycle of 4 yugas. It is said that we are living in the 28th of such cycle ruled by Vaivasvatha Manu - the fourth Manu.

Manu laid a set of rules and laws for governing this Earth. These came to be known as the Manu Shastram or Manus Laws. These are the basic laws followed in their lives by many Indians, and the Indian Constitution also follows it Partially.

Manus laws were later altered by King Janaka in view of the changing times, in a big hall of great scholars. This change was incorporated and is still followed by many Hindus. This is known as the Dharmashasthra a slight variant of the ManuShasthra.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Manu is a title accorded the progenitor of humankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood. He is honest which is why he is called "Satyavrata", or with oath of truth.
The Matsya avatara of Vishnu is said to have appeared to King Manu (whose original name was Satyavrata, the then King of Dravida[3]), while he washed his hands in a river. The little fish asked the king to save it, and kept growing bigger and bigger. It also informed the King of a huge flood which would occur soon. The King builds a huge boat, which houses his family and other seeds of animals to repopulate the earth.

This story is very similar to other deluge stories in ancient Sumerian mythology which preceded the story of Noah's ark.

Manu is also the name of the author of the famous Manusmriti. It is considered by some Hindus to be the law laid down for Hindus. But as it is a smriti, whenever there is a conflict between what is mentioned in it and that mentioned in sruti (Vedas and Upanishads) the latter is considered to be correct.

Answer 6

Brahma (God) must have five heads representing Five Elements (Pancha Bhoothas) of creation. Brahma is known as Sampurna Gyani. Sathyaloka is the Abode of Brahma. Then how can there be lie in Sathyaloka as propagated by some of our predecessors? Brahma cannot lie as Brahma alone is the Truth. Brahma is not only the Srushtikarha of Vruksh, Mrig, Manushya, but is the Srushtikarha of Brahmand, the entire Prapancha. Without Creation, no Sthithi, without Creation, no Destruction; without Creator Brahamdev, there cannot be a Sustainer Vishnudev, without Creator Brahmadev, there cannot be a Destroyer Shivdev. Brahma is ParaBrahma Supreme God (God). The Trimurtis are the three forms of the same God Brahma. In its creative form Brahmadev, sustenance form Vishnudev, destructive form Shivadev. The three female forms Saraswathidevi, Lakshmidevi and Shakthidevi are the female forms of God Brahma for the manav to understand the principle of creation. For God Brahma alone does creation, but for manav both male and female are required for creation. The name Manav, Manushya, Man came from the name Manu and if there is no Manu, there is no word as Manav, Manushya, Man in the dictionaries. OM is the first Sound from God Brahma. After my 40 years of research, studies, discussions and conviction on the subject 'Hindu', 'Hinduism', 'caste' and 'caste system', and through my 6+3+54 days 2014 & 95 days 2015 Bharatyathras, in my capacity as the grandchild of Manu Maharaj and Satharupa (the first Father and first Mother of Manav created by Brahmadev as per the Bharatvasis belief), I have declared and removed all the wrong and superstitious belief about Brahmadev and reintroduced the Sanathana Dharma - Sathyam Vada, Dharmam Chara, Athidhi Devobhava in our country and declared all are Brahmins, means manav, manushya created by Brahma. Gayathri Mantra is in reality Brahmapooja. Please rectify and correct all the Brahma sthuthis appropriately to the effect that Brahma is Swayambhu or Unborn, Supreme God beyond which there is no God. See all or at least some of my Bharatyathra videos in YouTube - KK Bose: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kk+bose. "Gurur Brahma, Gurur Vishnu, Gurur Devo Maheshwara, Guru Sakshat ParaBrahma, Tasmai Sree Guruve Namaha". (Guru Sakshat PraraBrahma, Guru in reality is Brahma the All Pervading). Offerings to Brahma must be done prior to offerings to any other murthis, else it’s a waste and that's what has been happening in Sri Mhahabharat (India) for thousands of years. SATHYAM JNANAM ANANTHAM BRAHMA.
KK Bose

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Who is Manu?
Waht are his laws
What is his contribution to Hinduism

Answer 8

Manu is son of Bramaha. he was a writer of manu smthrthi

Answer 9

u mean who `was' manu? no, he is no eternal god. that's why he was. not a godhead but a cunning human being, with lots of grammer and Sanskrit. out of that [knopwledge] he created a codified book of laws for the society he knew about in his time based on the Sruti tradition. later on, because his interpretation of laws was endeared by subsiquent rulers and states of mostly `hindoo' provinance, he came to be regarded as the `first lawgiver', like moses, hamurabi or solon.Manu's laws are related to pre-modern societies.Which is where it may have worked in favour of the ruling and priestly order. His laws , however, get relegated in modern society, which has rare need of prescriptive laws and moreover, where equality between humans has come to stay.In the 18th century, the English produced a text out of manu's smiriti, when they were researching into history of `native society in hindoostan'.

Answer 10

he is son of brahama, and he was king and manu is famous due to he was only alive person at a time