Manava Dharmashastra 1.62
Manubhāṣya 1.62
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- Sanskrit
1.62
tānmanūnnāmato nirdiśati | mahātejā iti viśeṣaṇam | anyāni nāmāni rūḍhyā sambandhena vā | vivasvatsuta iti samāsapadarūpaṃ śabdāntaraṃ kṛṣṇasarpanarasiṃhādiśabdavat |
[These six Manus are]—Svārociṣa, Uttama, Tāmasa, Raivata, Cākṣuṣa, and the glorious Vivasvat-suta (the Son of Vivasvat).—(62)
Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The aforesaid Manus are now mentioned by name.
‘Glorious' is a qualifying epithet.—The other words are names; some being merely conventional, and others based upon relationship; the last name ‘Vivasvat-suta,’ ‘Son of Vivasvat,’ is a different kind of word; it is a name bearing the form of a compound; just like the names ‘Black-serpent,’ ‘Narasiṃha’ (Man-Lion) and the like.
Translations (1)
- Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi — Ganganatha Jha 1920, English
Linked texts (1)
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit