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| type = Hindu<br />
| name = Chakshusha Manu<br />
| affiliation = [[Manu (Hinduism)|Manu]]<br />
| texts = [[Puranas]], [[Mahabharata]]<br />
| parents = Chakshusha (father), Pushkarini (mother)<br />
| children = Kuru, Puru, Shatadyumna, Tapasvi, Satyavan, Shuchi, Agnishtoma, Atiratra, Sudyumna, and Abhimanyu<br />
| predecessor = Raivata Manu<br />
| successor = [[Vaivasvata Manu]]<br />
}}{{Short description|Sixth Manu in Hindu mythology}}<br />
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'''Chakshusha Manu''' ({{Lang-sa|चाक्षुषमनु|translit=Cākṣuṣamanu}}) is the sixth [[Manu (Hinduism)|Manu]], the first man of an age known as the [[Manvantara]] in [[Hindu mythology]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dikshitar |first=V. R. Ramachandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rmqe3AGz5fUC&pg=PA593 |title=The Purāṇa index. 2. (From T to M) |date=1995 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishe |isbn=978-81-209-1274-8 |pages=593 |language=en}}</ref>{{Hindu mythology}}<br />
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== Literature ==<br />
In the [[Markandeya Purana]], Ananda, the son of sage Anamitra, is stated to be the previous incarnation of Chakshusha Manu. As a child, he was carried by a cat to the cradle of a prince, whose father was King Vikranta. Unbeknownst to the king, he was raised as his own son. During the child's [[Upanayana|sacred thread]] ceremony, when the king asked Ananda to prostrate before his mother, the child declared his true identity, leaving to perform a [[Tapas (Indian religions)|penance]] in the forest. [[Brahma]] appeared before Ananda and blessed him to be reborn as Chakshusha Manu in his subsequent birth.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Garg |first=Gaṅgā Rām |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WjDcd0cTFxQC&dq=C%C4%81k%E1%B9%A3u%E1%B9%A3a++%C4%80nanda&pg=PA412 |title=Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World |date=1992 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-7022-375-7 |pages=412–413 |language=en}}</ref> <br />
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Some texts state the true name of Chakshusha to be Ajita.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Knapp |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2KPChj7lTwC&pg=PA511 |title=The Heart of Hinduism: The Eastern Path to Freedom, Empowerment, and Illumination |date=2005 |publisher=iUniverse |isbn=978-0-595-35075-9 |pages=511 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Vishnu Purana]] states that Chakshusha Manu married Nadvala, the daughter of [[Prajapati]] Vairaja, from whom he sired ten sons: Kuru, Puru, Shatadyumna, Tapasvi, Satyavan, Shuchi, Agnishtoma, Atiratra, Sudyumna, and Abhimanyu.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Debroy |first=Bibek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x2J2EAAAQBAJ&dq=Nadvala&pg=PT66 |title=Vishnu Purana |date=2022-06-30 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5492-661-7 |pages=66 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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