The Manu Smriti ( 10. 63 ), Chanakya ’ s Arthashastra ( 1. 3. 13 ) and the Vasishtha Dharmasutra ( 4. 4 ) point out that ahimsa is a duty for all the four classes ( Varnas ) of society.

* In the Manu Smriti, the sage Manu, escaping from a flood, founded the Vedic culture between the Sarasvati and Drishadvati rivers.

The Vishnu Smriti and Manu Smriti regard the teacher and the mother and father as the most venerable influences on an individual.

The Vishnu Smriti and Manu Smriti regard the Acharya ( teacher / guru ), along with the mother and the father, as the most venerable individuals.

Hindu law is largely based on the Manu Smriti ( smriti of Manu ).

Another early system of laws is Hindu law framed by Manu and called as Manu Smriti, dating back to the 2nd century BC.

The Manu Smriti or Laws of Manu, written down around AD 200, prescribed execution by elephants for a number of offences.

The Pahlavas are a people mentioned in ancient Indian texts like the Manu Smriti, various Puranas, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and the Brhatsamhita.

The Laws of Manu, for instance, are not revelation ; they are not Sruti, but only Smriti, which means recollection of tradition.

Ancient Hindu texts specify an age for the Upanayana ceremony based on the caste ( 8 for Brahmins, 11 for Kshathriyas, 12 for Vaishyas ( Manu Smriti sloka 2: 36 )) Upanayanam marks the start of learning of " Brahman " and Vedic texts.

The presence of Chinese people in India from ancient times is also suggested by the accounts of the " Ciñas " in the Mahabharata and the Manu Smriti.

According to one theory, the word " Khatri " originates from the word Khsatri mentioned in Manu Smriti to denote a mixed caste of low-ritual status, born of the union of Kshatriya mothers and Shudra fathers.

" Here again, it can be noticed that the proscriptions are specifically for brahmana and twice-born males ; there is no mention in the Manu Smriti of punishment for homosexual behavior between males of the other classes.

The Manu Smriti also notes the biological origins of a third gender: " A male child is produced by a greater quantity of male seed, a female child by the prevalence of the female ; if both are equal, a third-sex child or boy and girl twins are produced ; if either are weak or deficient in quantity, a failure of conception results.

Proponents also point to the proclamations and claim that the Manu Smriti was propagated.

Another important translation of Narayana is " The First Being ", according to the Manu Smriti.

Positive references are made to the ideal woman in texts such as the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, while some texts such as the Manu Smriti advocate a restriction of women's rights.

In the Manu Smriti, on the other hand, 8 types of marriage are specified: two involve bedecking the bride with costly garments and ornaments by the bride's family and groom's family, two involve the groom's family giving a gift to the family of the bride, and the other four do not involve an exchange of gifts.

The first 2 games in San Antonio were both Spurs victories as Manu Ginóbili led the way with 26 and 27 points, in blow out wins by the Spurs.

The group received five Victoires de la Musique award nominations for 2001, winning both Best Rock Album of the Year and Music Video of the Year for " Le vent nous portera " in collaboration with the French / Spanish artist Manu Chao.

The Manu Samoa is the men's representative side of the Samoa Rugby Union in both the 15's and the 7's for international competitions.

It has been believed that Trishanku and Vaivasvata Manu both are same.

Many speculate that this decision was based on the time Ramsay saw Manu dive for a loose ball 4 feet away from his broadcaster's table, both saving the Spurs from a turnover, as well as providing a dazzling assist to teammate Tim Duncan.

Manu was informed of the impending flood and was protected by the Matsya Avatar of Lord Vishnu, who had manifested himself in this form to rid the world of morally depraved human beings and protect the pious, as also all animals and plants.

The identity of place ' Brahmavarta ', the Vedic state where, sages Manu and Bhrigu had given the discourse, and Manusmriti was compiled is also confirmed by the fact that the nomenclature used to describe, animals, birds, crops, trees, plants, house utilities, activities of people, geographical conditions etc.

In the laws of the second or Silver Age, the Laws of Manu, the text states " rulers do not prosper without priests and priests do not thrive without rulers " and that " the priest is said to be the root of the law, and the ruler is the peak " ( 11. 321-2 ; 11. 83-4 ).

On radio, after co-hosting from 07: 00 to 10: 00 the morning show on Europe 2 ( which later became Virgin Radio ) with Manu from September 2006 to June 2008, he is currently hosting on Europe 1 a show called Décrochez le Soleil from 09: 30 to 11: 00.

Friedrich Wilhelm ( Prüfung und Initiation im Buche Pausya und in der Biographie des Náropa, Wiesbaden 1965, p. 11 ) maintains that similar phraseology already occurs in the " Book of Manu " ( II, 111 ) and in the " Institutes of Vishnu ".

The big man with the whitened hair murmured something: his words sounded as if they were in the Manu tongue, which I recognized, having studied the dialect in my Anthropology 6, class at the University of Chicago.

Foster Lukuklu Frayne made a sign over his heart with his two linked thumbs: I recognized it as an ancient Manu gesture intended to propitiate the Devil.

So, I mustered my few words of the Manu dialect and said, `` We greet you in peace.

`` You have every right to be '', I replied gravely in the Manu dialect, but my attention was fixed on Brassnose, the biggest and strongest of us.

In the Manu tongue, `` eromonga '' means manhood -- a quality which the women derisively toasted in weekly feasts at which great quantities of a brew like kava were imbibed.

Claims have been made for Manu Dibango's " Soul Makossa " ( 1972 ), Jerry Butler's " One Night Affair " ( 1972 ), the Hues Corporation's " Rock the Boat " ( 1973 ), George McCrae's " Rock Your Baby " ( 1974 ), and " Kung Fu Fighting " ( 1974 ) by Biddu and Carl Douglas.

In ancient Indian vedic society, the law or Dharma, as followed by Hindus was interpreted by use of " Manu Smrti "-a set of poems which defined sin and the remedies.

1. 1. 50, there were three versions of the epic, beginning with Manu ( 1. 1. 27 ), Astika ( 1. 3, sub-parva 5 ) or Vasu ( 1. 57 ), respectively.

Some scholars see a connection between Minos and the names of other ancient founder-kings, such as Menes of Egypt, Mannus of Germany, and Manu of India, and even with Meon of Phrygia and Lydia ( after him named Maeonia ), Mizraim of Egypt in the Book of Genesis and the Canaanite deity Baal Meon.

* Manu, often used as a nickname for people named Emmanuel ( le ), Manuel, Manuela, etc.

Political philosophy originates in Ancient India with the Hindu text Manusmṛti, or Laws of Manu and Chanakya's Arthashastra.

The Tripartite Convention of 1899 partitioned the Samoan Islands into two parts: the eastern island group became a territory of the United States ( the Tutuila Islands in 1900 and officially Manu ' a in 1904 ) and is today known as American Samoa ; the western islands, by far the greater landmass, became known as German Samoa after Britain vacated all claims to Samoa and accepted termination of German rights in Tonga and certain areas in the Solomon Islands and West Africa.

The oral tradition of the Sinhalese people also speaks of many royal dynasties prior to the Sinha royal dynasty: Manu, Tharaka, Mahabali, Raavana, etc.