[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Religion and philosophy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion) › [The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908) › c8.101 # The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c8.101 The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads) c8.101 - **Language:** English ### [c8.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.101) Now the Veda discloses, and all Hindu tradition harps upon, a father of the human race by the name of Manu, or Manush Pitar, "Father Manu." The word \*manu\* is nothing else than our own word "man": there is good reason to believe that this "original man" was set up as a kind of Adam or Noah in Indo-European times.² For a while the primitive mind seems to be well content with this eponymous man: later on, as I shall presently show, Manu is in his turn duly furnished with a well-established father, Vivasvant, about whose origin people have ceased to worry. - [Previous: c8.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.100) - [Next: c8.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.102) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.bloomfield-1908.c8.101) · Pramāṇa