Who was born first in Hinduism?

Swayambhuva Manu
The first Manu
Manu
Etymology. Transliteration of Sanskrit मनु (manu, “man, mankind”).
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. He was the mind born son of the god Brahma, and husband of Shatarupa. He had three daughters, namely Akuti, Devahuti and Prasuti.
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Who is the first man and woman in Hinduism?

Shatarupa (Sanskrit: शतरूपा, romanized: Śatarūpā, lit. 'she of a hundred forms') is the daughter of the creator deity, Brahma. According to Brahma Purana, Shatarupa is regarded as the first woman to be created by Brahma, marrying Manu, the first man. Their descendants are called manushya, the Sanskrit term for mankind.
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Who created humans in Hinduism?

Brahma separated the flower into three parts - the heavens, the Earth and the sky. Out of loneliness, Brahma split himself into two to create a male and a female. From this male and female all beings were created.
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Who is the 1st God in the world?

Brahma the creator

In the beginning, Brahma sprang from the cosmic golden egg and he then created good and evil and light and dark from his own person. He also created the four types: gods, demons, ancestors and men, the first of whom was Manu.
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Who is the 1st person in the world?

ADAM1 was the first man. There are two stories of his creation. The first tells that God created man in his image, male and female together (Genesis 1: 27), and Adam is not named in this version.
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Manu - The Father Of Mankind



What gender is God in Hinduism?

Some Hindu traditions see god as being androgynous, having both female and male aspects. Alternatively a supreme god may be seen to be either male or female while embracing gender henotheism; that is without denying the existence of other gods in either gender. The Shakti tradition conceives of god as a female.
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Is God female in Hinduism?

Many Hindus focus upon impersonal Absolute (Brahman) which is genderless. Other Hindu traditions conceive God as bigender (both female and male), alternatively as either male or female, while cherishing gender henotheism, that is without denying the existence of other Gods in either gender.
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Who is the first God in Hinduism?

Brahma (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मा, romanized: Brahmā) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva. He is associated with creation, knowledge, and the Vedas.
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Who was born first Shiva or Vishnu?

Lord Shiva

While many purans believe that God Brahma and God Vishnu were born from God Shiva, there is no hardcore evidence to prove the same.
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Who created the God?

We ask, "If all things have a creator, then who created God?" Actually, only created things have a creator, so it's improper to lump God with his creation. God has revealed himself to us in the Bible as having always existed. Atheists counter that there is no reason to assume the universe was created.
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Who is the oldest religion?

The word Hindu is an exonym, and while Hinduism has been called the oldest religion in the world, many practitioners refer to their religion as Sanātana Dharma (Sanskrit: सनातन धर्म, lit.
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Why are Hindu gods blue?

Hindu religion believes in symbolisms and the blue color is a symbol of the infinite and the immeasurable. According to Swami Chinmayananda, the inspiration behind Chinmaya Mission, whatever is immeasurable can appear to the mortal eye only as blue, just like the cloudless summer sky appears blue to the physical eye.
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How many husbands can a woman have in Hinduism?

A Hindu person cannot marry more than one person legally. He/she cannot keep more than one spouse at the same time. While a person is married to another person, he/she cannot marry another person. If he/she does so, then the second marriage will be considered illegal.
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Can a Hindu woman marry a non Hindu?

Hindu can marry a non-Hindu

A person belonging to Hindu religion can marry a person belonging to the Hindu religion only under the Hindu marriage Act, 1955 (HMA). The HMA is applicable to persons belonging to the Hindu, Budhist, Jaina, or Sikh religion but not applicable to a Christian or Muslim.
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Does God have a wife?

God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshipped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar. In 1967, Raphael Patai was the first historian to mention that the ancient Israelites worshipped both Yahweh and Asherah.
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What religion believes in God's wife?

A programme on BBC2 has made news for presenting scholar Francesca Stavrakopoulou's theory that "God had a wife". The reactions from the religious and academic world were varied, but for Mormons, it can best be summed up as, "Yeah. We know."
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Who can defeat Shiva?

Ifrit is the perfect summon to use against Shiva because Ifrit's attacks exploit Shiva's weaknesses. While Ifrit will attack Shiva automatically, you and your party can use your own ATB Points to make Ifrit use more powerful fire attacks against the ice queen.
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Can a Hindu man divorce his wife?

Divorce for Hindus - Nyaaya. If you have been married under Hindu law, the same law will govern your divorce. You can divorce your spouse only based on the reasons in that law. It is harder to seek a divorce simply only on the grounds that you no longer wish to remain married.
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Can you marry your sister in Hinduism?

Section 5 of the Hindu Marriage Act prohibits, inter alia, marriage between a brother and sister, an uncle and a niece, an aunt and a nephew or children of brother and sister or two brothers or sisters. Marriage is void unless the custom of the community permits it.
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What is the duty of wife in Hindu?

The primary duty of the woman is to be subservient/loyal to the husband/his relatives and her children. After marriage, husband and relatives control all outside relationships.
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Is Krishna black or white?

Krishna's skin colour is known as shyam (moon-like), quite similar to the black-blue colour that appears when the sun shines through the monsoon clouds. A curious mind will always need answers to folklores, theories, beliefs and depictions.
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What is the holy color of Hinduism?

Hinduism: Vital red and sacred saffron

Red, a sign of both sensuality and purity, is the hue used for important occasions, such as weddings, births and festivals. Brides wear red saris and put red powder on their hair parting, and at death, a woman's body is wrapped in red cloth for cremation.
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What Hindu God is green?

Shiva – the green God.
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What religion was Jesus?

Of course, Jesus was a Jew. He was born of a Jewish mother, in Galilee, a Jewish part of the world. All of his friends, associates, colleagues, disciples, all of them were Jews. He regularly worshipped in Jewish communal worship, what we call synagogues.
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What is Japan's oldest religion?

Shinto (Japanese: 神道, romanized: Shintō) is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion.
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