The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1479 page)

ntaka—is blue-black in colour with eight wrathful heads surmounted by a ninth, peacefully smiling Mañju
r
. That Mañju
r
as the wisdom-overcoming-death should be wrathful is understandable by the nature of the task, but that a certain amount of wrathfulness is necessary in simply dealing with one's own ignorance is also suggested by the symbolism of the sword in his peaceful aspect.

 
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(Pañj
b
, ‘person guided by inclination’). According to Sikhs, a self-willed, perverse individual who, in contrast to the
gurmukh
, is controlled by the impulses of
man
, rather than by the dictates of the
Gur
. See also
FIVE EVIL PASSIONS
.

 
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Manna
.

Food from
heaven
described in the Jewish book of
Exodus
. During the period of wandering in the wilderness after the exodus from Egypt, the Israelites were fed on manna (16. 26–36).

 
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(1793–1865).
Rabbi and author of a
Reform
Jewish
liturgy
. Mannheimer served as leader of Reform Jewish communities in Copenhagen, Berlin, Leipzig, and Vienna. In contrast to the move of some congregations to other languages, his prayers continued to be in Hebrew, the prayer for
Zion
was retained, and no organ music was permitted. His books include a German tr. of the
prayer
book. He also worked for Jewish civil liberties, and, as an elected member of the Reichstag, he succeeded in abolishing the ‘Jews' Tax’.