upa-manyú mfn. striving after, zealous Bṛḍ. RV. i, 102, 9

• (knowing, understanding, intelligent Sāy.)

• (us), m. N. of a Ṛishi (pupil of Āyoda-dhaumya, who aided Śiva in the propagation of his doctrine and received the ocean of milk from him) MBh. LiṅgaP. Kathās. &c

• (avas), m. pl. the descendants of the above ĀśvŚr. (cf. aupamanyava.)