Menu
Preserved but no longer current.
Also seen as: Manu
In Hindu philoso- phy, one of a class of Demiurges of whom the first is identified with Brahma. Brahma divided himself into male and female, these produced Viraj, from whom sprang the first Menu, a kind of secondary creator.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Menu” mean?
In Hindu philoso- phy, one of a class of Demiurges of whom the first is identified with Brahma. Brahma divided himself into male and female, these produced Viraj, from whom sprang the first Menu, a kind of secondary creator.
Is “Menu” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.