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mānava

mānavá mf(I/)n. (fr. mánu) descended from or belonging to man or Manu, human, [RV.] &c. &c.

favouring men, [RV. ix, 98, 9]

mānavá m. a human being, man, [RV.], &c.

patr. fr. mánu (N. of Nābhā-nediṣṭha, Śāryāta, Cakṣus, Nahuṣa, Bhṛgu, Su-dyumna, Karūṣa, and Deva-hūti), [Br.]; [Pur.] &c.

N. of a cosmic period, [VP.]

pl. the children of men, mankind, [RV.] &c. &c.

the races of men (of which 5 or 7 are reckoned), [AV.]; [Br.]

the subjects of a king, [Mn.]; [R.]

N. of a school of the black Yajurveda, [Hcat.]

mānavá n. a man's length (as a measure), [VarBṛS.]

a partic. penance, [Prāyaśc.]

N. of various Sāmans, [ĀrṣBr.]

of Manu's law-book, [Vas.]

of a Varṣa, [Cat.]