A Vedic god. The origin of this god is described in ब्रह्म पुराण as follows:--

Once a terrible war broke out between देवस् and असुरस् . The देवस् who were defeated, went to the गौतमी river valley and performed penance to शिव praying for victory. शिव produced मन्यु from his third eye and presented him to the देवस् . In the battle which followed they defeated the असुरस् with the help of मन्यु .

A king of the पूरु dynasty. भागवत , ९थ् स्कन्ध states that मन्यु , the son of भरद्वाज , had five sons including बृहत्क्षय .