Merusavarnas

Merusavarnas ( Sanskrit मेरुसावर्ण merusāvarṇa ) is a name for a group of manus in Indian mythology . This group includes the eighth Manu, Daksha-savarni , and the following three, namely Brahma-savarni , Dharma-savarni and Rudra-savarni . According to others, all following up to Manu 14 belong to this group.

They are said to be the spirit-born children of a daughter of Daksha with this and the corresponding three other gods Brahma , Dharma and Rudra . The name refers to the place of procreation, the world mountain Meru , savarni means according to one interpretation "of good origin" (literally "color"). According to another interpretation, it is a metronym related to the eighth manu , who was a child of the sun and Suvarna ( suvarṇā ). The name was then carried over to the following four manus.

literature

• Merusavarnas . In: John Dowson : A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature. Trübner & co., London 1879, p. 208 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
• Merusāvarṇa . In: Monier Monier-Williams : Sanskrit-English Dictionary . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1899, p. 833, col. 3 .