Chakshusha Manu
{{Infobox deity
| type = Hindu
| name = Chakshusha Manu
| affiliation = Manu
| texts = Puranas, Mahabharata
| parents = Chakshusha (father), Pushkarini (mother)
| children = Kuru, Puru, Shatadyumna, Tapasvi, Satyavan, Shuchi, Agnishtoma, Atiratra, Sudyumna, and Abhimanyu
| predecessor = Raivata Manu
| successor = Vaivasvata Manu
}}{{Short description|Sixth Manu in Hindu mythology}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}{{Use Indian English|date=May 2016}}
Chakshusha Manu ({{Langx|sa|चाक्षुषमनु|translit=Cākṣuṣamanu}}) is the sixth Manu, the first man of an age known as the Manvantara in Hindu mythology.{{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 Publishers |isbn=978-81-209-1274-8 |pages=593 |language=en}}{{Hindu mythology}}
Literature
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 sacred thread ceremony, when the king asked Ananda to prostrate before his mother, the child declared his true identity, leaving to perform a penance in the forest. Brahma appeared before Ananda and blessed him to be reborn as Chakshusha Manu in his subsequent birth.{{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}}
Some texts state the true name of Chakshusha to be Ajita.{{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}} 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.{{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}}