[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v2.c4.s4.186 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.186 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.s4.186 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.s4.186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.186) Manu in the Rigveda¹ and later² has no claim to historical reality. He is simply the first man, father of the race, and its guide in all matters, sacrificial and other. Hence the views of the texts on inheritance are foisted on Manu and his youngest son, Nābhānediṣṭha.³ He also plays the part of the hero in the Vedic legend of the flood.⁴ - [Previous: v2.c4.s4.185](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.185) - [Next: v2.c4.s4.187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.187) - [Up: v2.c4.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.s4.186) · Pramāṇa