History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.779

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¹⁰⁸⁷ The word 'मनु' frequently occurs in the Ṛgveda and other saṁhitās Manu is often spoken of as the father of humanity and of the sages and as laying down the proper path for mankind. Vide : यानि मनुरवृणीता पिता नस्ता शं च योश्च रुद्रस्य वश्मि ॥ ऋ II. 33. 13; मा नः पथः पितृयानान्मानवादधि दूर नैष्ट परावतः ॥ ऋ VIII. 30. 3, वि यो ररना भजति मानवेभ्यः श्रेष्ठ नो अत्र द्रविणं यथा दधत् ॥ *(Continued from last page)* ऋ IV 54 1, यद्वै किं च मनुरवदत्तद्भेषजम्। तै सं II 2 10 2, काठकसं. XI 5. In the शतपथब्राह्मण (I 8 1 1) occurs the famous story of Manu and the deluge Another story is that of Manu and his son Nābhānedistha in तै. सं III. 1 9. 4-6 and ऐ ब्रा 22 9. Vide H. of Dh vol III. p 543.