A manvantara, in Hindu cosmology, is a cyclic period of time identifying the duration, reign, or age of a Manu, the progenitor of mankind. In each manvantara, seven Rishis, certain deities, an Indra, a Manu, and kings (sons of Manu) are created and perish.[1] Each manvantara is distinguished by the Manu who rules/reigns over it, of which we are currently in the seventh manvantara of fourteen, which is ruled by Vaivasvata Manu.[2][3]
^Wilkins, William Joseph (1913) [1st ed. 1882]. Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purānic (3rd ed.). Calcutta: London Missionary Society. p. 365. In each Manvantara (period of a Manu), seven Rishis, certain deities, an Indra and a Manu, and the kings, his sons, are created and perish.
^Account of the several Manus and Manwantaras Vishnu Purana, translated by Horace Hayman Wilson, 1840, Book III: Chapter I. p. 259, The first Manu was Swáyambhuva, then came Swárochisha, then Auttami, then Támasa, then Raivata, then Chákshusha: these six Manus have passed away. The Manu who presides over the seventh Manwantara, which is the present period, is Vaivaswata, the son of the sun...
^Pralaya The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky, Vol. 2, p. 307 THE SEVEN AND FOURTEEN MANUS.
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one of the Saptarishi (Seven great sages) in the first age of Manu, the Manvantara. The sage is said to have emerged from the ear of Brahma in the Bhagavata...
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god, and also one of the Saptarshi (seven great sages), in the first Manvantara (age of Manu), with others being Marichi, Atri, Angiras, Kratu, Pulastya...
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divinity.[citation needed] Hindu units of time Kalpa (day of Brahma) Manvantara (age of Manu) Pralaya (period of dissolution) Yuga Cycle (four yuga ages):...
beginning of the Kali Yuga. Hindu units of time Kalpa (day of Brahma) Manvantara (age of Manu) Pralaya (period of dissolution) Yuga Cycle (four yuga ages):...
lived during the Treta Yuga. Hindu units of time Kalpa (day of Brahma) Manvantara (age of Manu) Pralaya (period of dissolution) Yuga Cycle (four yuga ages):...
000 solar years). Manvantara equals 71 Mahayugas (306,720,000 solar years). Kalpa (day of Brahma) equals an Adi Sandhya, 14 Manvantaras, and 14 Sandhya...
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changes every Manvantara – a cyclic period of time in Hindu cosmology. Each Manvantara has its own Indra and the Indra of the current Manvantara is called...
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goat. Many Puranas state that Daksha was reborn to Prachetas in another Manvantara (age of Manu). The meaning of the word "Daksha" (दक्ष) is "able", "expert"...
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