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# Vishnupurana 3.1.28

Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.1.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.1.28)

sumedhā virajāś caiva haviṣmān uttamo madhuḥ  
atināmā sahiṣṇuś ca saptāsann iti carṣayaḥ //

> Chákshusha was the Manu of the sixth period: in which the Indra was Manojava: the five classes of gods were the Ádyas, Prastútas, Bhavyas, Prithugas, and the magnanimous Lekhas, eight of each: Sumedhas, Virajas, Havishmat, Uttama, Madhu, Abhináman, and Sahishńu were the seven sages: the kings of the earth, the sons of Chákshusha, were the powerful Uru, Puru, Śatadyumna, and others.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.3.1.9) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.1.p9) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.1.28) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (1)

- [Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.markandeya.76.54) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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