[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1184 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1184 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1184 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1184](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1184) MERU-SĀVARNAS. The ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth Manus, said to be the "mind-engendered sons of a daughter of Daksha by himself and the three gods Brahmā, Dharma, and Rudra, to whom he presented her on Mount Meru." The signification of the appellation Meru is obvious ; that of Sāvarna or Sāvarni signifies that they were all of one caste (varna). - [Previous: c5.1183](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1183) - [Next: c5.1185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1185) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1184](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1184) · Pramāṇa