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{{ToBeEdited}}'''Manyu sukta''' is [[hymn]] 10.83 and 10.84 from the [[Rig veda]]. It contains 14 verses and is dedicated to [[Manyu (deity)|Manyu]]. Manyu in [[Vedic sanskrit]] stands for temper, anger or passion.

==Identification of Manyu with Rudra==
[[Satapatha Brahmana]] IX-1-1-6 says :

''"From [[Prajapati]], when he had become enfeebled, the deities departed. Only one god, [[Manyu (deity)|Manyu]], did not leave him, but continued extended within him. He (Prajapati) wept. The tears which fell from him remained in that 'Manyu'. He became [[Rudra]] with a hundred heads, a hundred eyes, and a hundred quivers. Then the other drops which fell from him in unnumbered thousands entered into these worlds.They were called [[Rudras]] because they sprang from him when he had wept. This [[Rudra]] with a thousand heads, eyes, and quivers, stood with his bow strung,and arrows on the string, causing terror, and demanding food. The gods were afraid of him. They said to Prajapati,:'We are afraid of this being, lest he destroy us.' [[Prajapati]] said to them: 'Collect for him food, and with it appease him.' They collected for him this food, the satarudriya." ''

Later, all [[gods]],including [[Prajapati]] sang [[Rudram|Satarudriya]] hymns and appeased [[Rudra]]. [[Rudram|Satarudriyam]] begin with the words : ''"Namaste Rudra Manyava..... ( Salutations to thy anger O Rudra.... )''