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Manu

ancestor earth Hindu single tradition · 2

Manu is the son of Vivasvat and Saranyu. He is the brother of the Ashvins and Yama. Through Manu, Vivasvat is considered an ancestor of humanity.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1500 – 2020
Historical notes
Mentioned in Rigveda.

Relationships

sibling of
the Ashvins, Yama, Shani
parent of
Vasus
co occurs with
Mitra, Adityas, Pushan, Savitr, Arka, Vishwakarma
child of
Vivasvat, Saranyu, Chhaya, Sūrya, Savarna

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (2)
  1. Surya
  2. Chhaya

Source passages

“His sons include the Ashvins, Yama, and Manu. Through Manu, Vivasvat is considered an ancestor of humanity.”

#17423 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“A later (700-500 BCE) addition to the Rigveda by Yaska in his Nikuta says that Manu (the progenitor of mankind, called Savarni Manu in later Puranic text) was born to Savarna.”

#30424 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5