mānava | मानव | mAnava

mānava/ | मानव/ | mf(ī/ | ई/ |)n. (fr. ma/nu | म/नु |) descended from or belonging to man or Manu, human, RV. &c. &c.
favouring men, RV. ix, 98, 9
mānava/ | मानव/ | m. a human being, man, RV., &c.
patr. fr. ma/nu | म/नु | (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.
mānava/ | मानव/ | 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.

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