# मन्वन्तर (manvantara) Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/manvantara मन्वन्तर (manvantara) is a Sanskrit word meaning the period or age of a Manu, the reign of a Manu, equal to seventy-one divine ages, a cosmic period ruled by a Manu, the age of a Manu, the period of a Manu, a period of a Manu. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Cosmological Time Period (Age of a Manu), Referential Entries, Encyclopedic Accounts and Specific Lore. - **SLP1:** `manvantara` **IAST:** manvantara **Devanagari:** मन्वन्तर - **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manvantara - **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/manvantara/declensions.md - **Other headwords romanised the same way:** मन्वंतर (manvaṃtara), मन्वन्तरा (manvantarā) ## Meanings by context ### Cosmological Time Period (Age of a Manu) (9 definitions) - the period or age of a Manu *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H3) [Printed book page 786,3] मन्व् (manv) — अन्तर (—antara) a n. the period or age of a Manu (it comprises about 71 महा - युगस् (mahā-yugas) [ q.v. ], which are held equal to 12,000 years of the gods or 4,320,000 human years or 1/14th of a day of Brahmā; each of these periods is presided over by its own special Manu [see मनु (manu), p. 784, col. 2]; six such Manv-antaras have already elapsed, and the 7th, presided over by Manu Vaivasvata, is now going on; 7 more are to come, making 14 Manv-antaras, which together make up one day of Brahmā), Manu-smṛti (Title) ( esp. i, 79), Yājñavalkya (Author); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=157511 ] - a cosmic period ruled by a Manu *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > मन्वन्तर (manvantara) [Printed book page 218-3 ] मन्वन्तर (manvantara) manu‿antara, n. Manu period ( consisting of seventy-one divine yugas and ruled by a special Manu; the present is the seventh, being under the rule of Manu Vaivasvat ). [ ID=13761 ] - The reign of a Manu, a vast cosmic period comprising seventy-one divine ages or over three hundred million years. *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > मन्वन्तर (manvantara) [Printed book page 643 ] मन्वन्तर (manvantara) n. ( - रं (-raṃ) ) The reign of a MANU, a period equal to seventy-one ages of the gods, or 306,720,000 years of mortals, or with its Sandhi or interval of universal deluge, 308,448,000 years; fourteen Manvantaras constitute a Kalpa; the grand period of creation and destruction, or 4,320,000,000 years; each Manvantara is governed by its distinct MANU, and is provided with its own INDRA, and minor deities; according to Hindu cosmogony, there have been innumerable Manvantaras since the first creation of the world. E. मनु (manu) MANU, and अन्तर (antara) period or interval. [ ID=29594 ] - The reign of a Manu, equal to seventy-one divine ages. *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > मन्वन्तर (manvantara) [Printed book page 577-a ] मन्व - न्तर (manva-ntara) ( रं ) ((raṃ)) 1. n. The reign of a Manu, 71 Yugas of the gods. [ ID=29112 ] - The reign of a Manu, a cosmic period equal to seventy-one ages of the gods. *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > मन्वन्तर (manvantara) [Printed book page 552-a ] मन्वन्तर (manvantara) n. ( - रं (-raṃ) ) The reign of a MANU, a period equal to seventy-one ages of the gods, or 306, 720,000 years of mortals, or with its Sandhi or interval of universal deluge, 308, 448, 000 years; fourteen Manwantaras constitute a Kalpa; the grand period of creation and destruction, or 4, 320,000,000 years; each Manwantara is governed by its distinct MANU, and is provided with its own INDRA, and minor deities; according to Hindu cosmogony, there have been innumerable Manwantaras, since the first creation of the world. E. मनु (manu) MANU, and अन्तर (antara) period or interval. [ ID=30617 ] - The period of a Manu *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > मन्वन्तर (manvantara) [Printed book page 0688-a ] मन्वन्तर (manvantara) manvantara, i. e. manu-an- tara, 1. The period of a Manu, equal Page0688-b+ 39 to seventy-one ages of the gods, Man. 1, 79; Utt. Rāmac. 19, 7; fourteen Manvantaras constitute a Kalpa. [ ID=10992 ] - the age of a Manu *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary* > मन्वन्तर (manvantara) [Printed book page 398 ] मन्वन्तर (manvantara) n. ( m. ) the age of a Manu (now the seventh & seven others are to follow). [ ID=23985 ] - the period of a Manu *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata* > मन्वन्तर (manvantara) [Printed book page 466-2 ] *manvantara (“the period of a Manu”): III, 186 ( °āṇāṃ Page467-a+ 63 sarveṣam īśvarāṇāṃ tvam īśvaraḥ, sc. Sūrya); XII, 2236 (pl.), ††13206 (sg., pūrve Svāyambhuve ), 13679 (pl.), 13693 (sg.); XIII, 626 (pl.). [ ID=7133 ] - 1. A period of a Manu. 2. One of the five characteristics of a Purana. *The Purana Index* > मन्वन्तर (manvantara) [Printed book page 2-633 ] Manvantaras — periods of Manus; seven in number and seven to come, of Svāyambhuva, Svārociṣa, Auttama, Tāmasa, Raivata, Cākṣuṣa, Sāvarṇi (after Vaivasvata in M. P. ), Raucya (Br. P.); Vaivasvata present according to the M. P. ) Ruci, Bhautya, Merusāvarṇi, Rta, Ṛtadhāmān and Viṣvaksena; the last seven are future Manus; 1 one of the five characteristics of the Purāṇa; 2 calculation of the duration of the epochs of Manus; 3 constitutes 71 yugas at the end of which comes Kṣaya 4 according to Mānuṣa and Divyavat- sara. 5 [ Footnote: 1) Br. II. 6. 6, 20; 36. 1-4; M. 2. 22; 9. 2-36; Vā. 21. 11, 14, 19, 38, 44; 57. 33-6; Vi. I. 3. 18.] [ Footnote: 2) M. 53. 65; Br. I. 1. 37; Vā. 4. 10.] [ Footnote: 3) M. 142. 30.] [ Footnote: 4) Vā. 10. 12; 32. 41.] [ Footnote: 5) Ib. 61. 138-144; 150. 176.] [ ID=10201 ] ### Referential Entries (2 definitions) - See page 786, column 3. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H1) [Printed book page 789,1] मन्व् - अन्तर (manv-antara) b &c. See p. 786, col. 3. [ ID=157961 ] - See page 743, column 2. *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)* > मन्वन्तर (manvantara) [Printed book page 0747-a ] मन्वन्तर (manvantara) manv-antara, manv-iddha, &c. See p. 743, col. 2. [ ID=36475 ] ### Encyclopedic Accounts and Specific Lore (1 definition) - the period of Svayambhuva Manu *The Purana Index* > Manvantara of Svāyambhuva Manu — the Gods of three worlds, sages, pitṛs, and people help him; but finding the diminished powers, go to Maharloka. Vā. 61. 149-51. [ ID=10202 ] ### Name of Festivals (1 definition) - the name of various festivals on the tenth day of the light half of Ashadha, the eighth day of the dark half of Ashadha, and the third day of the light half of Bhadra *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)* > (H3B) [Printed book page 787,1] मन्व् (manv) — अन्तरा (—antarā) f. N. of various festivals (of the 10th day of the light half of the month Āṣāḍha, of the 8th in the dark half of the same month, and of the 3rd in the light half of Bhādra), Colebrooke (Author) [ ID=157512 ] ## Sources Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. 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