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'''Manu''' (devanāgarī: मनु) is the [[Sanskrit]] title given in [[Hinduism]] to the progenitor of mankind, who is said to have been the very first king to rule this earth. | '''Manu''' (devanāgarī: मनु) is the [[Sanskrit]] title given in [[Hinduism]] to the progenitor of mankind, who is said to have been the very first king to rule this earth. [[H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote: | ||
[[H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote: | |||
<blockquote>Manu (Sk.). The great Indian legislator. The name comes from the Sanskrit root man “to think”—mankind really, but stands for Swâyambhuva, the first of the Manus, who started from Swâyambhu, “the self-existent” hence the Logos, and the progenitor of mankind. Manu is the first Legislator, almost a Divine Being.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 206.</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>Manu (Sk.). The great Indian legislator. The name comes from the Sanskrit root man “to think”—mankind really, but stands for Swâyambhuva, the first of the Manus, who started from Swâyambhu, “the self-existent” hence the Logos, and the progenitor of mankind. Manu is the first Legislator, almost a Divine Being.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 206.</ref></blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 15:55, 5 April 2012
Manu (devanāgarī: मनु) is the Sanskrit title given in Hinduism to the progenitor of mankind, who is said to have been the very first king to rule this earth. H. P. Blavatsky wrote:
Manu (Sk.). The great Indian legislator. The name comes from the Sanskrit root man “to think”—mankind really, but stands for Swâyambhuva, the first of the Manus, who started from Swâyambhu, “the self-existent” hence the Logos, and the progenitor of mankind. Manu is the first Legislator, almost a Divine Being.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 206.
Further reading
- Manu at Theosopedia