Manu

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Laws of Manu: Hindu laws from Manu carry symbolic ties to prosperity and divine truth, often associated with gold.

Mark Isaak

Flood Stories from Around the World

Hindu:Manu, the first human, found a small fish in his washwater.

The fish begged protection from the larger fishes, in return for which it would save Manu.

Manu kept the fish safe, transferring it to larger and larger reservoirs as it grew, eventually taking it to the ocean.

The fish warned Manu of a coming deluge and told him to build a ship.

When the flood rose, the fish came, and Manu tied the craft to its horn.

The fish led him to a northern mountain and told Manu to tie the ship's rope to a tree to prevent it from drifting.

Manu, alone of all creatures, survived.

From these, a woman arose, calling herself Manu's daughter.

The great sage Manu, son of Vivasvat, practiced austere fervor.

Manu took the fish to a jar and, as the fish grew, from thence to a large pond, then to the river Ganga, then to the ocean.

Upon being released into the ocean, the fish told Manu that soon all terrestrial objects would be dissolved in the time of the purification.

Manu embarked as enjoined and thought on the fish.

The fish, knowing his desire, came, and Manu fastened the ship's cable to its horn.

The fish then revealed itself as Parjapati Brahma and said Manu shall create all living things and all things moving and fixed.

Manu performed a great act of austere fervor to clear his uncertainty and then began calling things into existence.

The heroic king Manu, son of the Sun, practiced austere fervor in Malaya and attained transcendent union with the Deity.

After a million years, Brahma bestowed on Manu a boon and asked him to choose it.

Manu asked for the power to preserve all existing things upon the dissolution of the universe.

Later, while offering oblations in his hermitage, a carp fell in his hands, which Manu preserved.

The fish grew and cried to Manu to preserve it, and Manu moved it to progressively larger vessels, eventually moving it to the river Ganga and then to the ocean.

When it filled the ocean, Manu recognized it as the god Janardana, or Brahma.

It told Manu that the end of the yuga was approaching, and soon all would be covered with water.

Manu's ship alone will remain, fastened by a rope to the great fish's horn.

Manu, by contemplation, drew all creatures towards him and stowed them in the ship and, after making obeisance to Janardana, attached the ship to the fish's horn with the serpent-rope.

Ignatius Donnelly

The Question of Complexion

The great Manu was also of the red race.

Ignatius Donnelly

Corroborating Circumstances

in the Deluge legends of the Hindoos (as given on page 87 ante), we have seen Manu saving a small fish, which subsequently grew to a great size, and warned him of the coming of the Flood.

Ignatius Donnelly

Some Consideration of the Deluge Legends

In the Hindoo legend we find the fish-god, who represents Poseidon, father of Atlantis, helping Manu over "the Mountain of the North." In the Chaldean legend Khasisatra's vessel is stopped by "the Mountain of Nizir" until the sea goes down.

Ignatius Donnelly

The Deluge Legends of Other Nations

"One morning water for washing was brought to Manu, and when he had washed himself a fish remained in his hands, and it addressed these words to him: 'Protect me, and I will save thee.' 'From what wilt thou save me?' 'A deluge will sweep all creatures away; it is from that I will save thee.' 'How shall I protect thee?' The fish replied, 'While we are small we run great dangers, for fish swallow fish.

It said to Manu, 'The very year I shall have reached my full growth the Deluge will happen.

"After keeping him thus, Manu carried the fish to the sea.

In the year indicated Manu built a vessel and worshipped the fish.

Then the fish came swimming up to him, and Manu fastened the cable of the ship to the horn of the fish, by which means the latter made it pass over the Mountain of the North.

The fish said, 'I have saved thee; fasten the vessel to a tree, that the water may not sweep it away while thou art on the mountain; and in proportion as the waters decrease thou shalt descend.' Manu descended with the waters, and this is what is called the descent of Manu on the Mountain of the North.

The Deluge had carried away all creatures, and Manu remained alone."

"We must also 'remark that in the Purânas it is no longer Manu Vaivasata that the divine fish saves from the Deluge, but a different personage, the King of the Dâstas--i.

W. Scott-Elliot

The Story of Atlantis

Some reference to the very mystical subject of the Manus is a necessary preliminary to the consideration of the origin of a Root Race.

The following quotation refers to these arrangements: "There are also Manus whose duty it is to act in a similar way for each Root Race on each Planet of the Round, the Seed Manu planning the improvement in type which each successive Root Race inaugurates[20] and the Root Manu actually incarnating amongst the new Race as a leader and teacher to direct the development and ensure the improvement."

The way in which the necessary segregation of the picked specimens is effected by the Manu in charge, and his subsequent care of the growing community, may be dealt with in a future Transaction.

But the Manu who effected the segregation actually incarnated in the race and ruled it as king.

The rulers above referred to, including the Manu himself, were therefore necessarily the product of evolution on other systems of worlds.

The Semite emigrations were of two kinds, first, those which were controlled by the natural impulse of the race: second, that special emigration which was effected under the direct guidance of the Manu; for, strange as it may seem, it was not from the Toltecs but from this lawless and turbulent though vigorous and energetic sub-race that was chosen the nucleus destined to be developed into our great Fifth or Aryan Race.

The tribes resulting from the segregation effected by the Manu for the formation of the new Root Race eventually found their way to the southern shores of the central Asian sea, and there the first great Aryan kingdom was established.

It was the gift of the Manu who brought it from another globe outside our chain of worlds.

Reference has been made above to the work done by the[48] Manus.

Now it is in the mind of the Manu that originates all improvements in type and the potentialities latent in every form of being.

It was specially with animals in the intermediate stage that so many of the experiments above referred to were tried, and doubtless the domesticated animals like the horse, which are now of such service to man, are the result of these experiments in which the men of those days acted in co-operation with the Manu and his ministers.

Whether or not he is fated eventually "to lie down with the lamb and eat straw like the ox," the destiny in store for him as pictured in the mind of the Manu has not yet been realized, for the picture was that of a powerful but domesticated animal—a strong level-backed creature, with large intelligent eyes, intended to act as man's most powerful servant for purposes of traction.

It will be remembered that the government under which the Rmoahals came into existence, was described as the most perfect conceivable, for it was the Manu himself who acted as their king.

The Tlavatli while inheriting the traditional reverence and worship for the Manu, were taught by Adept instructors of the existence of a Supreme Being whose symbol was recognized as the sun.

In some ways this might be considered a reversion to the Rmoahal worship of the Manu.

Easter Island and Göbekli Tepe

Anthropomorphic or Mythical Figures: The central portion of the carving seems to depict human or possibly mythological figures, likely linked to Rapa Nui’s birdman (Tangata Manu) cult.

August 2024 Update

The Manu, a pivotal figure during this transition, was responsible for guiding the Atlantean race into what would become the Âryan race.

Manu - Select the best humans to bread

Recognizing the potential for further evolution, the Manu selected individuals capable of development and led them to a secluded area in Central Asia.

Rudolf Steiner

Transition of the Atlantean into the Aryan Root-Race

The Manu, a pivotal figure during this transition, was responsible for guiding the Atlantean race into what would become the Âryan race.

Recognizing the potential for further evolution, the Manu selected individuals capable of development and led them to a secluded area in Central Asia.

The Manu and other initiates played a key role in educating the Âryans, gradually revealing divine wisdom to those who developed the capacity to comprehend it.

Hinduism

Ad-ima and Heva

In Hindu mythology, the first man and woman are sometimes identified as Svayambhuva Manu and Shatarupa, created by Lord Brahma.

The man was named Svayambhuva Manu, and the woman was named Shatarupa.

Humans are said to be descended from Manu, with the term "manava" (human) derived from his name.

Some linguists even suggest that the English word "man" might originate from "Manu."

This narrative is supported by several other Puranas, which also describe Manu and Shatarupa as the first humans.

For example, the Padma Purana explains that Manu and Shatarupa were among the first males and females created by Lord Rudra from his half-female form (Ardhanarishvara) upon Lord Brahma's request.

Hawaiian

The Two Fish From Tahiti

A fish (whale) as the warning of the gods (Manu)?

AI proposed the Atlantis connection

Survivor Narratives: Central figures in both myths are survivors who carry forward the knowledge and culture of their destroyed civilizations, similar to cultural heroes like Noah, Utnapishtim, and Manu.

Hinduism

Ila

Ila is the child of Vaivasvata Manu and Shraddha.

Cycles

Our Predeluvian History

Vaivasvata Manu and the great flood

Ignatius Donnelly

The Deluge Legends (I)

Rig-Veda: Manu is warned by a fish about a deluge.

Man: Whence, How and Whither

The Fourth Root Race

Role of the Future Manu: The future Manu is tasked with selecting suitable Lemurian types to form the new race.

Early Selection: The Manu conducts extensive tests over many years to find desirable ancestors.

Steady Evolution: Over about a million years, the Manu meticulously breeds the new race.

Incorporation of Advanced Egos: The Manu arranges for advanced egos from the Moon Chain to incarnate in the new race.

Manu's Role: Throughout, the Manu meticulously plans and guides the evolution of the fourth Root Race.

Originated from the improved Lemurian stock selected by the Manu.

The Manu and other advanced beings guided these processes to ensure the progressive evolution of humanity.

The Head of the Hierarchy began, almost immediately after His coming, to make arrangements for the founding of the fourth Root Race, employing the future Manu to pick out the smallest, densest and best of the Lemurian types available ; and while the founding and growth of civilisation under the King-Initiates were going forward among the Lemurians, the Manu of the coming Race was diligently seeking for the egos suitable for His purpose, and selecting for them appropriate incarnations.

Tribes were set apart, their members inter-marrying for long periods, and the Manu chose promising specimens and transplanted them;

The third-Race Manu had evolved a blue type for His sixth sub-race, and a bluish-white for His seventh, though the masses of the Lemurians remained black; some of the fourth sub-race also mixed in with the blue, and slowly, very slowly, the general Lemurian type improved.

It is noticeable also that when, in other parts of the world a lighter-coloured or better type appeared it was sent off to the Manu, and He tried to find for it a suitable husband or wife ; we observed one that was thus sent in from the Madagascan city, and others similarly came in from elsewhere.

More rapid progress was made after the arrival of the Initiates, mentioned at the close of the last chapter, the best of the bodies improved by their indwelling being taken by the Manu for the shaping of His first sub-race; the fourth Eace had thus, ultimately, a very fine founding and nursing, thanks to the large number of developed people who took the lead and pressed things forward.

The Manu was able, finally, to take the bodies of the seventh sub-race, improved by the Initiates using them, as the nucleus of His first sub-race, the Rmoahal, of the fourth Eoot Race.

We find the fourth Race Manu eliminating the blue from the colour of His people, passing through purple into the red of the Rmoahal sub-race, and then, by mixing in the blue-white of the seventh Lemurian sub-race, He obtained the first sub-race which seemed to be fully human, and that we could imagine as living among ourselves.

In the most literal sense the Manu of a Race is its Progenitor, for the whole Race has its Manu as its physical ancestor.

Even the Manu 's.

The Manu arranged with the Root-Manu to send Him large numbers of egos ready for incarnation — those from globe D of the Moon Chain who had complete causal bodies, and who had individualised in the lunar fourth arid fifth Eounds.

At this time arrived on Earth a ship-load of egos, in a group of whom — which kept much together — we are specially interested, as it contained many old friends, Sirius, Orion, Leo and others; some of these were ear-marked on their arrival by Vaivasvata Manu — the Manu of the fifth Eace — as part of His future materials.

Taking a bird's-eye-view, we notice that there were occasional gatherings of the whole big Clan, as in the City of the Golden Gates when Mars was King, in Peru when he was Emperor, in the mainland near the White Island under the Manu, and in the second and third subraces at their beginnings and their migrations — to take a few instances out of many.

Annie Besant

Beginning of the 5th Root Race

One Million Years Ago: Lord Vaivasvata Manu began selecting individuals for the fifth Root Race.

600,000 Years Later: Manu picked additional suitable candidates, narrowing the selection process over time.

The tribe practiced a different religion, enabling Manu to isolate and develop them further.

Manu’s brother, who would later become Gautama Buddha, founded a new religion, further segregating this group.

Manu called his people to the coast for emigration to avoid subjugation by a dark ruler.

Some groups remained loyal to Manu, while others settled comfortably in Egypt, leading to conflict and eventual slaughter by Egyptians.

Manu led the remaining loyalists to the high plateau of Arabia.

Manu’s people settled in the fertile valleys of Arabia but faced dissatisfaction and harsh climates.

Manu’s community faced severe weather conditions, leading to significant hardships and population reduction.

Manu received orders to lead his people to the White Island, where the future race plan was unveiled.

Manu directed the settlement process, introducing controlled admixtures of foreign blood to refine the type.

Repeated invasions by Turanian tribes led to massacres, but the Race-type was preserved through selective reincarnations and guidance by Manu.

Manu’s descendants continued to lead and improve the community, ensuring the growth and refinement of the Race.

THE statement in The Secret Doctrine that the fifth Root Race began one million years ago appears, as already stated, to refer to the beginning of the choosing of materials by the Lord Vaivasvata, the Race Manu.

Their religion was different from that of the Toltecs living in the plains, and the Manu took advantage of this to isolate the sub-race.

The immediate cause of the emigration was the impending subdual of the white sub-race by the Dark Euler, and the wish of the Manu to withdraw His people from that influence.

The whole process of embarkation, debarcation, settling down to wait for their comrades, and preparing for the journey on foot, occupied some years, and the Manu, with some other great Officials, was then sent by the Head of the Hierarchy to lead them to the high plateau of Arabia, where they were to remain for a time.

Some succumbed to the temptation and remained in lower Egypt, in defiance of the Manu's command, to become, a little later, slaves to the dominant Toltecs.

The rest reached Arabia by way of the route which is now the Suez Canal, and were settled down by the Manu in groups, in the various valleys of the great Arabian highlands.

But the emigrants did not much like their new quarters, and while the majority of the people, who had been prepared by Vaivasvata Manu in Ruta, were even fanatically devoted to Him, the younger generation did a good deal of grumbling, for it was pioneer work, not a 'personally conducted Cook's tour'.

They proposed to kill all the people who were not wholly devoted to the Manu, and prepared to fight the deserters, who had settled down comfortably in Egypt.

Mars and Corona gallantly resisted the Egyptian onslaught, while a side party, with Herakles — a young unmarried man — among them, mistaking the direction of the enemy, was annihilated by the Egyptians ; Vaivasvata Manu came up with reinforcements and turned the fortunes of the day, driving back the Egyptians ; a side party of them, in turn, was attacked by a larger force, among which Sirius, the father of Herakles, was prominent, furious at finding his son among the dead ; knowing the country, they shepherded the Egyptians into a crater-like depression, with steep sides covered with loose rocks; these rocks they joyfully hurled down on their surrounded foes, and the last we saw of Sirius on this occasion was his ride down the steep slope on an avalanche of stones, waving his spear, and shouting a war-song of an uncomplimentary nature, to become part of the gory mass of crushed men and heavy stones which filled the lowest part of the crater.

From time to time emigrants left the main body, some settling in the south of Palestine and some in the south of Egypt ; and these movements were encouraged by the representatives of the Manu, for the plateau was limited in size and became crowded to an uncomfortable extent.

The number of His followers being small, they made a single caravan, and the Manu sent a mes-sage to the Kuler of the Sumiro-Akkad Empire, praying for peaceful passage through his dominions — including the present Turkey in Asia, Persia and the countries beyond; He reached the borders of that Empire without difficulty, and the Emperor proved friendly; his passport carried Him right into Turkestan, and then He had to treat with a Confederation of Turanian feudatory States, including what is now Tibet.

While these seismic changes were in progress, the Manu's community was left undisturbed by absolute cleavagfe or change of surface ; but the people were constantly terrified by the recurring earthquakes, and were almost paralysed by the fear that the sun (which had been rendered invisible for a year by masses of cloud, largely composed of fine dust) had gone out for ever.

The Manu proceeded to settle His people (about 70,000 B.

Mars, a grandson of the Manu, was the head of the community, and, with his wife Mercury and his family — among whom were Sirius and Alcyone — lived in a pleasant house, surrounded by a large garden and fine trees.

Jupiter was the ruler of the province — if we may so call the whole settlement of the embryonic Eace numbering about seven thousand souls — wielding an authority which was delegated to him by the Manu, the recognised King of the community, residing at Shamballa.

Much excitement was caused some years later by the Manu, who was then a very old man, sending for Jupiter, Corona, Mars and Vajra; on their return, obeying His order, they selected some children from the settlement, and sent them over to Shamballa ; these children were the best in the community and have since risen to the position of Masters.

A few women were sent with them to take care of them, and the children were brought up in Shamballa; in due course Saturn married Surya, and the Manu was reborn as their eldest son, to restart the Race on a higher level.

Soon after the removal of the aboveoamed children, the Turanians swept down on the community like a devastating flood, for this was the event of which the Manu had forewarned His lieutenants and from which the children were saved; the assailants were bravely beaten back several times, but horde succeeded horde.

A number of promising children were cut off, but, after all, it did not much matter, for they all went out of earth-life together, grandparents, parents and children, and were ready to come back when the'Manu founded His family.

Mars returned earlier, and was born in Shamballa as a younger brother of the Manu, while Viraj was His sister.

Thus the Race-type was ever preserved, even when the bulk of it was twice swept away, and on each occasion the Manu and His lieutenants incarnated in it as soon as possible and purified it still further, ever approaching the type at which He aimed.

Man: Whence, How and Whither

Turanian, in Ancient Chaldaea.

30,000, a great leader from the East, Theodoros, a man of another race, who after the Aryan conquest of Persia and Mesopotamia, and the establishment of the rule of the Manu over those districts, was sent as Governor by Him, under Corona, His grandson, who succeeded Him as Ruler of Persia.

Man: Whence, How and Whither

Atlantean Peruvian Civilization

It will be obvious that when the Manu and His lieutenants — great Adepts from a far higher evolution — incarnated among the youthful Race which They were labouring to develop, They were to those people absolutely as Gods in knowledge and power, so far were They in advance of them in every conceivable respect.

Planet

Mars

Mars, a grandson of the Manu, was the head of the community, and, with his wife Mercury and his family — among whom were Sirius and Alcyone — lived in a pleasant house, surrounded by a large garden and fine trees.

Hinduism

Vaivasvata Manu

The story of Vaivasvata Manu and the great flood is an ancient narrative found in Hindu mythology, specifically within the texts like the "Satapatha Brahmana" and the "Matsya Purana".

Vaivasvata Manu, often simply called Manu, is regarded as the progenitor of humanity, akin to Noah in the Abrahamic traditions.

Manu once rescued a small fish, which later revealed itself to be the god Vishnu in the form of a fish (Matsya).

The fish warned Manu about an impending catastrophic flood that would destroy all life.

As gratitude for saving him, Matsya instructed Manu to build a huge boat.

When the flood arrived, Manu used this boat to save himself, his family, and the "Saptarishi" (the seven sages), as well as seeds of all plants and pairs of all creatures.

After the waters receded, Manu's boat rested on the slopes of Mount Meru (or Mount Himalaya, according to some texts).

The stories of Noah and Manu involve their roles as progenitors of humanity after surviving a catastrophic flood.

In Hindu traditions, Manu is considered the progenitor of humanity, and his wife, Shatarupa, is the mother.

Ikshvaku: Ikshvaku is often mentioned as the eldest son of Manu.

Nabhaga: Nabhaga is sometimes mentioned as one of Manu's sons.

The Puranas do not always provide names for the daughters of Manu.

Hinduism

Padma Purana

Manu

In Hindu cosmogony, Manu is a progenitor of humanity.

There are different Manus in different cosmic cycles, and each Manu is the ancestor of humanity during their respective era.

The current Manu in the present cycle is known as Vaivasvata Manu or Manu Vaivasvata.

According to Puranic traditions, Manu is often saved by a divine figure, such as Matsya (the fish avatar of Vishnu), from a deluge, and he becomes the progenitor of the new humanity.

Svayambhuva Manu and ShatarupaSvayambhuva Manu is another Manu mentioned in the Puranas, and his wife Shatarupa is considered the mother of humanity.

Kardama and DevahutiIn the Bhagavata Purana, Kardama is a Prajapati, and his wife Devahuti is the daughter of Manu Svayambhuva.

List of similarities between the story of Noah and Vaivasvata Manu or Manu Vaivasvata

The stories of Noah in the Abrahamic traditions (as found in the Bible) and Vaivasvata Manu in Hindu traditions (as found in the Puranas) share several similarities, indicating common themes of a global flood and the survival of humanity through divine intervention.

Divine Warning: Before the flood, the central figures, Noah and Manu, receive a divine warning about the impending catastrophe.

Building an Ark/Boat: In response to the divine warning, both Noah and Manu are instructed to build a large vessel to save themselves, their families, and representatives of various living beings.

The ark in Noah's story and the boat in Manu's story serve as means of protection against the flood.

Noah and Manu, along with their families, are portrayed as righteous and are chosen to survive the deluge, highlighting the theme of divine favor and salvation.

Noah releases a dove in the Bible, and Vaivasvata Manu releases a bird (often a crow or dove) in Hindu traditions.

The stories of Noah and Manu involve their roles as progenitors of humanity after surviving a catastrophic flood.

Let's explore the sons and daughters of Noah and Manu in their respective traditions:

In Hindu traditions, Manu is considered the progenitor of humanity, and his wife, Shatarupa, is the mother.

Ikshvaku: Ikshvaku is often mentioned as the eldest son of Manu.

Nabhaga: Nabhaga is sometimes mentioned as one of Manu's sons.

The Puranas do not always provide names for the daughters of Manu.

Khem – Zep Tepi

People Involved: MANU

MANU (astral appearance)

Immediate Cause: Impending subdual by the Dark Euler and the wish of the Manu to withdraw His people from that influence.

MANU

Annie Besant

Atlanteans

They started as a group called Chankshusha Manu, a subrace of the Lemurians, and eventually became the Atlanteans.

The first Atlantean subrace was the result of the last, or seventh Lemurian subrace, Chankshusha Manu, which migrated first to the south of the Atlantean continent and, from there, migrated further north.