मन्वन्तर
[manvantara] IAST: MANVANTARA
कल्प , मन्वन्तर and चतुर्युग
The प्रपञ्च (universe) is perishable. At one time, it takes its origin, at another time it perishes. ब्रह्मा , the creator of the universe has birth and death. The period between the birth and death of a ब्रह्मा is known as a " महाकल्प ". The flood that comes at the death of a ब्रह्मा is called " महाप्रलय ". One day of ब्रह्मा is called कल्पकाल . In the पुराणस् one कल्प or one day of ब्रह्मा is divided into fourteen parts. The master or ruler of each of these divisions is a मनु . There are fourteen मनुस् . The life span of each मनु is called a " मन्वन्तरम् ".
There are seventy one चतुर्युगस् in each मन्वन्तर . The four युगस् namely कृतयुग , त्रेतायुग , द्वापरयुग and कलियुग make np one चतुर्युग . At the end of seventyone such चतुर्युगस् , that is, at the end of every two hundred and eightyfour (71 x 4) युगस् , a मनु completes his life-span. Along with that, the देवस् who were born at the time of the birth of that मनु , also come to the end of their lives. Fourteen such मन्वन्तरस् make one day of ब्रह्मा . It is at the end of that day that the original universe perishes. ब्रह्मा 's life-span is 120 years. At the end of that period, that ब्रह्मा perishes. That is to say, at the end of every 42,200 divine days (120 x 360) which is the life-span of a ब्रह्मा , a deluge takes place. Thus in one ब्रह्मा 's time 42,200 कल्पस् take place. A ब्रह्मा 's life span is known as " महाकल्प " and the close of a ब्रह्मा 's period is called " महाप्रलय ".
Human year ( मनुष्य वर्ष ) and Divine year ( देव वर्ष )
When two leaves are placed one over the other and they are pierced by a needle, the time required for the needle to pass from the first leaf to the second is called अल्पकाल . Thirty such अल्पकालस् make one त्रुटि . Thirty त्रुटिस् make one कला . Thirty कलास् make one काष्ठा , which is also known as निमिष नोटि or मात्रा . Four निमिषस् make one गणित . Ten गणितस् , one नेटुवीर्प्पु . Six नेटुवीर्प्पुस् , one विनाज़्हिका . Sixty विनाज़्हिकास् one घटिका . Sixty घटिकास् one day (day and night together). Fifteen days, one पक्ष . Two पक्षस् , one चान्द्र मास ( lunar month). One चान्द्रमास for human beings is one अहोरात्र (one day and night making up one full day) for the पितृस् . Twelve चान्द्र मासस् make one year for human beings. One year for human beings is one अहोरात्र for the gods. Three hundred अहोरात्रस् of gods make one देव वत्सर or दिव्य वत्सर . 4,800 दिव्यवत्सरस् make one कृतयुग . 3,600 दिव्यवत्सरस् make one त्रेतायुग , 2,400 दिव्यवत्सरस् make one द्वापरयुग . 1,200 दिव्यवत्सरस् make one कलियुग . 12,000 दिव्यवत्सरस् comprising a set of कृत , त्रेता . द्वापर and कलियुगस् make one चतुर्युग . A मनुऽस् period is completed at the end of 71 चतुर्युगस् . With that, the first group of gods also comes to an end. At the end of fourteen such मनुस् , one कल्प is over and a deluge takes place. The whole of this period comprises one night for ब्रह्मा . Night is the time of complete inactivity. With the end of the night, creation is started again. When 360 such अहोरात्रस् of ब्रह्मा are completed, he completes one year. After completing 120 such years, a ब्रह्मा perishes. Again a period of absolute inactivity follows for the length of a ब्रह्माऽस् life-span. After a period of 120 ब्रह्म वर्षस् ( the lifespan of a ब्रह्मा ) another ब्रह्मा comes into being.
The life-span of ब्रह्मा is shown in the following tabular form: 360 days for gods--One देव vatsara. 12,000 देव vatsaras--1 चतुर्युग (36 lakhs years for human beings). 71 चतुर्युगस् --1 मन्वन्तरम् (One मनु 's life-span). 14 मन्वन्तरस् --1 कल्प (one day time for ब्रह्मा ) 2 कल्पस् --One day (and night) for ब्रह्मा . ( अहोरात्र ) 360 days of ब्रह्मा --1 ब्रह्म वर्ष 120 ब्रह्म वर्षस् --One ब्रह्मा 's life-span.
This life-span of one ब्रह्मा is therefore 30 crores 9 lakhs 17 thousands 376 hundreds of years of human beings.
It is said that a मनु 's period of reign is 4,32,000 मनुष्यर्वर्षस् . (Bhāgavata, 3rd Skandha) .
The caturyuga scheme
A चतुर्युग consists of the four युगस् , namely कृत , त्रेता , द्वापर and कलि युगस् . At the end of each चतुर्युग , the वेदस् perish Then the " सप्तर्षिस् " ( seven sages ) come down from heaven to the earth and restore them again. मनु who is the propounder of धर्म शास्त्र , is also born in every कृतयुग . The देवस् of each मन्वन्तरम् feed upon the share of हविस् ( offerings at sacrifices ) of the याग till the end of that मन्वन्तर . During the whole period of the मन्वन्तर , the earth is protected and preserved by the sons of मनु and their descendants. Thus मनु , the सप्तर्षिस् , देवस् , इन्द्र and the Kings who are the sons of मनु are the authorities of the मन्वन्तर . After 14 मन्वन्तरस् a कल्प of about 1,000 युगस् , comes to an end. After that there is a night extending over the same period in duration. At that time महाविष्णु sleeps on his bed अनन्त in the ocean of deluge. After that, he wakes up again and performs creation. मनुस् , Kings, इन्द्र , देवस् and सप्तर्षिस् are the सात्त्विक aspects of महाविष्णु , who performs the work of protecting the world. In कृत युग , महाविष्णु assumes the form of कपिल and others and preaches " परमज्ञान ". In त्रेता युग he assumes the form of an emperor and destroys the wicked people. In द्वापर युग , he assumes the form of व्यास and after dividing the वेद into 4 sections, classifies each of the sections into the various branches. At the end of कलियुग , महाविष्णु assumes the form of कल्कि and restores the vicious to the path of righteousness. This is the " चतुर्युग scheme" of महाविष्णु . (Viṣṇu Purāṇa. Part III, Chapter 2) .
The fourteen Manus
The names of the fourteen Manus of one Kalpa are given below:
स्वायम्भुव
Each of the above Manus is described below:--
स्वायम्भुव
General
This स्वायम्भुव is regarded as the author of the famous work " मनुस्मृति ". कालिदास says that the Kings of the रघु dynasty lived in strict obedience to the laws laid down by this मनु . (Devī Bhāgavata, Daśama Skandha) .
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The सप्तर्षिस् of first मन्वन्तर were-- मरीचि , अङ्गिरस् , अत्रि , पुलह , क्रतु , पुलस्त्य and वसिष्थ . Devas are known as Yamas. The first Manu had ten sons namelv अग्नीध्र , अग्निबाहु , मेधा , मेधातिथि , वसु , ज्योतिष्मान् , द्युतिमान् , हव्य , सवन and पुत्र and they ruled over the country. (Harivaṃśa, Chapter 7) .
एम्पेरोर् पृथु turned स्वायम्भुव मनु into a calf and obtained medicine from भूमि by milking her as a cow. (Bhāgavata, 4th Skandha) .
Born from विराट् अण्ड . [mh-1-1-32 ] .
Sage च्यवन married this मनु 's daughter. [mh-1-66-46 ] .
This मनु taught सोम , the art of चाक्षुषी . [mh-1-169-43 ] .
Since this मनु had blessed the clouds of the मगध country they sent periodical rains to that region. [mh-2-21-10 ] .
मनु came to the world, riding in the chariot of the gods to see अर्जुन 's fight. [mh-4-56-10 ] .
This मनु had a wife named सरस्वती ( शतरूपा ). [mh-5-117-14 ] .
This मनु lives in बिन्दुसरस् . [mh-6-7-46 ] .
He came at the time of सुब्रह्मण्य 's birth. [mh-9-45-10 ] .
मनु held discussions with सिद्धस् . [mh-12-36-1 ] .
He was the King of men. [mh-12-67-21 ] .
This मनु is called " प्रजापति मनु ". Once he had a talk with बृहस्पति on the subject of धर्म . [mh-12-201-1 ] .
उपमन्यु saw स्वायम्भुव मनु sitting by the side of शिव . [mh-13-14-280 ]
He talked with the sage सुपर्ण about the greatness of flowers, fumes, lights, offerings and gifts. [mh-1-65-45 ] .
स्वारोचिष
स्वायम्भुव had two great sons प्रियव्रत and उत्तानपाद . The second Manu was the son of प्रियव्रत and his name was स्वारोचिष . He was a glorious and adventurous man. He went to the banks of the river कालिन्दी , made a hermitage there, installed an idol of देवी made of earth and offered worship most fervently. At the end of 12 years of tapas when he ate only dried leaves, देवी appeared before him in her dazzling brilliance and blessed him. The name of this देवी was " धारिणीदेवी ". After a reign of many years this King went to Heaven. (Devī Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha) .
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पारावतस् and तुषितस् were the देवस् in this मन्वन्तर . The mighty विपश्चित् was देवेन्द्र . The सप्तर्षिस् were ऊर्ज्ज , स्तम्भ , प्राण , राम , ऋषभ , निरय , and परीवान् . चैत्र , किम्पुरुष and others were the sons of स्वारोचिष Manu. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part 3, Chapter 1) .
In हरिवंश , Chapter 7 we read that the सप्तर्षिस् of this मन्वन्तरम् were और्व , स्तम्भ , कश्यप , प्राण , बृहस्पति , दत्त and निश्च्यवन .
ब्रह्मा taught this मनु , सात्वतधर्म . स्वारोचिष taught this dharma to his son शङ्खवदन . [mh-12-348-36 ] .
औत्तमि ( उत्तम )
उत्तम was also the son of प्रियव्रत . He went to गङ्गा tīrtha and offered worship to देवी for three years with वाग्बीज mantra. At the end of it, देवी was pleased and blessed him with worthy sons and a kingdom without the threat of enemies After a happy reign of many years, at the close of the मन्वन्तर , he reached the highest place in Heaven. देवि भागवत , 10th स्कन्ध ).
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Suśānti was the name of the Devendra of this Manvantara. There were five groups of Devas, namely सुधामन्स् , सत्यस् , जपस् , प्रतर्दनस् and शिवस् , each group consisting of twelve Devas. The seven sons of the sage वसिष्ठ were the saptarṣis of this Manvantara. These seven sons of वसिष्ठ by his wife ऊर्ज्जा were रजस् , गोत्र , ऊर्ध्वबाहु , सवन , अनघ , सुतपस् and शुक्र . अज , परशुदीप्त and others were the sons of the मनु उत्तम . (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part I. Chapter 1)
तामस
The fourth Manu तामस was the son of प्रियव्रत . That King performed penance to देवी on the northern bank of the river नर्मदा with कामराज mantra. As a result of देवी 's blessing, he obtained a prosperous Kingdom and worthy sons. After a long reign he attained heaven. (Devī Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha)
Other details
At the time of this मनु , there were four groups of देवस् , namely-- सुपारस् , हरिस् , सत्यस् , and सुधीस् . Each of these groups contained 27 देवस् . शिबि who had performed a hundred यागस् was the इन्द्र . The सप्तर्षिस् of this मन्वन्तर were ज्योतिर्मान् , पृथु , काव्य , चैत्र , अग्निवनक , and पीवर and नर . ख्याति , केतुरूप , जानुजङ्घ and others were the sons of तामस मनु . (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part I, Chapter 1) .
रैवत
General
The fifth Manu रैवत was the younger brother of तामस . He worshipped देवी with कामबीज mantra on the banks of the river कालिन्दी . With the blessing of देवी he ruled for many years and then attained Heaven. (Devī Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha) .
Other details
The name of the इन्द्र of this मन्वन्तर was विभु . There were four groups of देवस् -- अमिताभस् , भूतरयस् , वैकुण्ठस् and सुमेधस् . Each of these groups contained fourteen देवस् . The सप्तर्षिस् of रैवत मन्वन्तर were- हिरण्यरोमा , वेदस्री , ऊर्ध्वबाहु , वेदबाहु , सुदामा , पर्जन्य and महामुनि . The sons of रैवत मनु , बलबन्धु , सम्भाव्य , सत्यक and others were mighty Kings. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part 3, Chapter 1) .
चाक्षुष
This Manu was the son of अङ्ग . Once he went to the राजर्षि (royal saint) पुलह and prayed for prosperity, mastery of the whole world, invincible power and profound scholarship. पुलह sent him to देवी . The राजर्षि taught him the worship of देवी . After acquiring the mantra चाक्षुष went to the banks of the river विरजा and offered worship to देवी . At the end of twelve years, देवी appeared before him and blessed him with "Manuhood", mastery of the मनु kingdom and brilliant sons. After many years he distributed his kingdoms among his sons and at last attained "Devīpada". (Devī Bhāgavata, Daśama Skandha) .
Other details
The following account is given in विष्णुपुराण , Part I, Chapter 13, about the birth of चाक्षुष Manu. ध्रुव and his wife शम्भु had two sons, namely शिष्टि and भव्य . सुच्छाया , the wife of शिष्टि gave birth to five sons, रिपु , रिपुञ्जय , विप्र , वृकल and वृकतेजस् , who were all sinless. चाक्षुष was born to बृहती , the wife of रिपु . चाक्षुष begot मनु by पुष्करिणी , daughter of वीरणप्रजापति . This was the sixth मनु . By his wife नड्वला , the daughter of वैराजप्रजापति , he had 10 sons, namely, कुरु , पुरु , शतद्युम्न , तपस्वी , सत्यवान् , शुचि , अग्निष्टोम , अतिरात्र , सुद्युम्न and अभिमन्यु . आग्नेयी , wife of कुरु , gave birth to six sons who were अङ्ग , सुमनस् , ख्याति , क्रतु , अङ्गिरस् and शिबि . सुनीथा , wife of अङ्ग , gave birth to वेन . पृथु was the son of वेन . He is also known as " वैन्य ".
The इन्द्र of that period was मनोजव . There were five groups of देवस् -- आख्यस् , प्रसूतस् , भव्यस् , पृथुकस् and लेखस् , each group consisting of eight देवस् . The सप्तर्षिस् of this मन्वन्तर were- सुमेधस् , विरजस् , हविष्मान् , उत्तम , मधु , अतिनामन् and सहिष्णु . शतद्युम्न and other mighty Kings were the sons of चाक्षुष मनु . (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part I, Chapter 3)
The sons of this मनु became famous under the name " वरिष्ठस् " [mh-13-18-20 ] .
वैवस्वत
General
He was born from सूर्य . It is this मनु who rules the world today. All living beings that we see today were born from him. वैवस्वत मनु is सत्यव्रत मनु who escaped from the last deluge. To save him विष्णु took up the incarnation of मत्स्य (fish). वैवस्वत मनु was also the first of the Kings of the सूर्य वंश (Solar Dynasty) who ruled over अयोध्या .
Other details
In देवी भागवत , सप्तम स्कन्ध , we see that the sons of वैवस्वत namely इक्ष्वाकु , नाभाग , धृष्ट , शर्याति , नरिष्यन्त , प्रांशु , नृग , दिष्ट , करूष and पृषध्र were also called Manus.
This मनु worshipped देवी and received her blessing and attained Heaven after a long reign. (Devī Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha) .
वैवस्वत Manu had another name, " श्राद्धदेव ." The देवस् of this मन्वन्तरम् are आदित्यस् , वसुस् and रुद्रस् . The name of the इन्द्र of this period is पुरन्दर . The सप्तर्षिस् are, वसिष्ठ , कश्यप , अत्रि , जमदग्नि , गौतम , विश्वामित्र and भरद्वाज . The nine धार्मिकस् (virtuous ones), इक्ष्वाकु , नृग , धृष्ट , शर्याति , नरिष्यन्त , नाभाग , अरिष्ट , करूष and प्र्षध्र are the sons of वैवस्वत Manu. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part 8, Chapter 1).
Ten sons were born to this मनु who were वेन , धृष्णु , नरिष्यन्त , नाभाग , इक्ष्वाकु , कारूष , शर्याति , ल्ल , पृषध्र , and नाभागारिष्ट . [mh-1-75-15 ] .
महाविष्णु incarnated as मत्स्य for the sake of वैवस्वत मनु . [mh-3-187-1 ] .
He received योगविद्या from सूर्य and इक्ष्वाकु received it later from him. [mh-6-122-38 ] .
At the beginning of त्रेतायुग , सूर्य taught " सात्वत धर्म " to मनु and मनु taught it to इक्ष्वाकु for the protection of all creatures. [mh-12-348-51 ] .
The sage गौतम taught शिवसहस्रनाम to वैवस्वत मनु . [mh-13-17-177 ] .
सावर्णि
Even in his previous birth he was a devotee of देवी . In his former birth (during the period of Svārociṣa Manvantara) सावर्णि was born as a King of चैत्रवंश under the name सुरथ . The origin of the dynasty known as चैत्रवंश was as follows:-- अत्रि , son of ब्रह्मा had a son named निशाकर . This निशाकर became an emperor by performing राजसूय . Emperor निशाकर had a son बुध and बुध had a son named चैत्र , both of whom were greatly renowned. It was चैत्र 's family which later on became the reputed चैत्र dynasty. The son of that चैत्र was विरथ . सुरथ was the son of विरथ . This was the previous birth of सावर्णि मनु . सुरथ was a great hero and poet. Once another King besieged his city and defeated him. सुरथ left his kingdom and went alone on horseback and took shelter in a dense forest. While wandering in the forest like a mad man with a broken heart, he happened to reach the आश्रम of the sage सुमेधस् . The sage advised him to worship देवी in order to retrieve his lost kingdom and prosperity. Accordingly the King worshipped देवी who was pleased and restored to him his kingdom and prosperity. Besides, she blessed him that in his next birth he would become सावर्णि , the King of the Solar dynasty and would be revered as the eighth मनु . Thus the eighth मनु सावर्णि will be the second birth of सुरथ . (Devī Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha) .
Other details
सावर्णि is also the son of सूर्य . How he came to be called सावर्णि is explained below:- सूर्य had three children मनु, यम and यमी by संज्ञा , the daughter of विश्वकर्मा . This मनु was वैवस्वत मनु , the seventh मनु . Unable to bear the intense heat of सूर्य , संज्ञा once sent her maid छाया to सूर्य in her own disguise and went to the forest for तपस् . सूर्य had three children by छाया, शनैश्चर , another मनु and तपती . This मनु is known as सावर्णि who will become the eighth मनु . In his time there will be three groups of देवस्--सुतपस्, अमिताभस् and मुख्यस् . Each of these groups will consist of twelve persons. The सप्तर्षिस् of the eighth मन्वन्तर are दीप्तिमान्, गालव, राम, कृप, अश्वत्थामा son of द्रोण, व्यास son of पराशर and ऋष्यशृङ्ग . महाबलि , son of विरोचन will be the इन्द्र . विरजस्, उर्वरीयान्, निर्मोक and others are the Kings who are the sons of सावर्णि मनु . (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part III, Chapter 2)
दक्ष सावर्णि
General
At the time of this Manu there are three groups of Devas namely, पारस् , मरीचिगर्भस् and सुधर्मन्स् . Each of the groups contains 12 Devas. The Indra who is the king of those Devas, is the mighty अद्भुत . The Saptarṣis of this Manvantara are:-- सवन , द्युतिमान् , भव्य , वसु , मेधातिथि , ज्योतिष्मान् and सत्य , धृतकेतु . दीप्तिकेतु , पञ्चहस्त , निरामय , पृथुश्रवस् are the sons of दक्षसावर्णि मनु . (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part III, Chapter 2) .
ब्रह्म सावर्णि
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General
In this मन्वन्तर , the देवस् are सुधामन्स् and विशुद्धस् . Each of these groups will contain 100 देवस् . Their इन्द्र will be the heroic शान्ति . The सप्तर्षिस् will be हविष्मान् , सुकृत , सत्य , तपोमूर्ति , नभाग , अप्रतिमौजस् and सत्यकेतु . ब्रह्म सावर्णि will have ten sons, three of whom are, सुक्षेत्र , उत्तमौजस् and भूतिसेन who will become Kings. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part III, Chapter 2) .
धर्म सावर्णि
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In this मन्वन्तर there will be three groups of देवस् namely, विहङ्गमस् , कामगस् and निर्वाणरतिस् , each of the groups consisting of 30 देवस् . वृष , अग्नितेजस् , वपुष्मान् , घृणी , आरुणि , हविष्मान् , and अनघ will be the सप्तर्षिस् . The sons of धर्म सावर्णि which is, सर्वत्रग , सुधर्मा , देवानीक and others will be the kings of that time.
रुद्र सावर्णि
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This मनु is the son of रुद्र . The इन्द्र of this मन्वन्तर will be ऋतुधामन् . There will be five groups of देवस् namely, हरितस् , रोहितस् , सुमनसेस् , सुकर्मन्स् and सुपारस् . Each group will contain 10 देवस् . सप्तर्षिस् are तपस्वी , सुतपस् , तपोमूर्ति , तपोरति , तपोधृति , तपोद्युति and तपोधन . The sons of this मनु , देववान् , उपदेव and देवश्रेष्ठ will be mighty kings. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part III, Chapter 2) .
रौच्यदेव सावर्णि . (Ruci)
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General
There will be three groups of देवस् during this period called सुत्रामन्स् , सुकर्मन्स् and सुधर्मन्स् . Each of these groups will contain 33 देवस् . The mighty दिवस्पति will be their इन्द्र . निर्मोह , तत्त्वदर्शी , निष्प्रकम्प्य , निरुत्सुक , धृतिमान् , अव्यय and सुतपस् are the सप्तर्षिस् of that period. चित्रसेन , विचित्र and other sons of this मनु will be kings. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part III, Chapter 2) .
इन्द्र सावर्णि ( भौमि )
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The Indra of this Manvantara will be शुचि . Under his control there will be five groups of देवस् . They are चाक्षुषस् , पवित्रस् , कनिष्ठस् , भ्राजकस् and वाचावृद्धस् . The सप्तर्षिस् of this period are अग्निबाहु , शुचि , शुक्र , मागध , अग्नीध्र , युक्त and जित . At that time the sons of the मनु who would rule the earth will be उरु , गम्भीरबुद्धि and others. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part III, Chapter 2)
Some more details
. Fourteen Manus have been mentioned above. Of them, the seventh Manu, वैवस्वत Manu is the Head of the present मन्वन्त्रर . Some general facts about the Manus are given below:-
The six Manus after the eighth one namely, दक्षसावर्णि , मेरुसावर्णि , सूर्यसावर्णि , चन्द्रसावर्णी , रुद्रसावर्णि and विष्णुसावर्णि are respectively the re-births of करूष , पृषध्र , नाभाग , दिष्ट , शर्याति and त्रिशङ्कु who were the sons of वैवस्व्सत मनु . There is a story about their taking re-births. All the six persons mentioned above were once offering worship to the idol of देवी on the banks of the river कालिन्दी . After twelve years, देवी appeared, under the name of भ्रमराम्बिका and blessed them that in their next births they would become rulers of मन्वन्तरस् . (Devī Bhāgavata, 10th Skandha)
It is said that the four Manus, स्वारोचिष , उत्तम , तामस and रैवत belonged to प्रियव्रत 's family. It was because प्रियव्रत who was a राजर्षि offered tapas to विष्णु that four Manus were born in his family. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa. Part III, Chapter 1) .
It is the power of विष्णु that dominates all the मन्वन्तरस् as the basic divinity. In the first स्वायम्भुव मन्वन्तर it was a part of that power of विष्णु itself that originated as यज्ञपुरुष in आभूति . After that when स्वारोचिष मन्वन्तर came it was again that divinity that took its origin in तुषिता as अजित among the तुषितस् . In उत्तम मन्वन्तर that divinity तुषित himself was born again under the name of सत्य as the son of सत्या in the group of देवस् called सत्यस् . When तामस मन्वन्तर began, that divinity was born again as the son of हर्या as a हरि in the group of देवस् called हरिस् . It was that divinity हरि himself who was born in सम्भूति under the name of मानस among the देवस् called रैवतस् in रैवत मन्वन्तर . In चाक्षुष मन्वन्तर that विष्णु भगवान् took birth in विकुण्ठी as one of the वैकुण्ठस् . In the present वैवस्वत मन्वन्तर , विष्णु has incarnated in अदिति as वामन , the son of कश्यप . That great वामन conquered all the three worlds and presented them to देवेन्द्र . (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part III, Chapter 2) .
Besides the fourteen Manus mentioned above, certain other Manus are also referred to in the पुराणस् . Some details about them are given below:--
It is seen from वाल्मीकि रामायण , अरण्य काण्ड , 14th Sarga, verse 11 , that कश्यप had a wife named मनु .
There is a reference to a राजर्षि ( सैन्त्ल्य् king) named मनु in ऋग्वेद , first मण्डल , 16th अनुवाक , 112th सूक्त .
A son named मनु was born to the Agni Tapa or पाञ्चजन्य . This मनु has another name भानु . He had three wives named सुप्रजा , बृहद्भासा and निशा . Six sons were born to him by the first two wives. By his third wife he had one daughter and seven sons. [mh-3-221-4 ] .
In महाभारत , शान्ति पर्व , Chapter 57, verse 43, we find a reference to another मनु named प्रचेतस् .
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