[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 145.1 # Matsyapurana 145.1 Matsyapurāṇa 145.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [145.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.145.1) \*sūta uvāca manvantarāṇi yāni syuḥ kalpe kalpe caturdaśa vyatītānāgatāni syur yāni manvantareṣviha // > Suta said:—I shall now relate to you at full length about the past and the future Manus numbering fourteen, that flourished one after the other, during each Kalpa During the respective sway of the fourteen Manus, the world with its creation of men. lower animals, birds. trees their preservation and destruction, remains in conformity to the times of the Yuga. The ages of the beings forming part of the creation, are, also in co-ordination with the defined characteristic of that Yuga. In the fourteen Manvantaras some lived up to one Yuga whereas, others lived only for a, very short time Taking the unsettled state of things during the iron age the maximum age of men has been laid down to a period of hundred years.—1-5 > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 144.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.144.108) - [Next: 145.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.145.2) - [Up: 145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.145) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.145.p1) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.145.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.145.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.145.1) · Pramāṇa