84000 Glossary of Terms

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ཤེད། | Glossary of Terms

  • གོ་བྱེད།

  • ཤེད་ཅན།
  • ཤེད།
  • shed
  • shed can
  • go byed
  • manu
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  • Manu
  • ཤེད།
  • ཤེད་ཅན།
  • shed
  • shed can
  • manu
Definition in this text:

In the Indian tradition, Manu, similar to Noah in the Biblical tradition, was the survivor of a flood that covered the world, and so is the ancestor of all humans. On divine advice, he built a boat in which he saved his family and all the plants, seeds, and animals necessary to reintroduce to the world after the flood had diminished.

  • Manu
  • གོ་བྱེད།
  • go byed
  • manu
Definition in this text:

A lord of beings.