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| Manu |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ma·nu |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  mä n , m - |
| NOUN: | Hinduism The primordial father of the human race and sovereign of the earth who first instituted religious ceremonies and devised a code of laws. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Sanskrit Manu , from manu, man. See man-1 in Appendix I.
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