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# Vishnupurana 3.1.7

Viṣṇupurāṇa 3.1.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.3.1.7)

ṣaḍ ete manavo 'tītāḥ sāmprataṃ tu raveḥ sutaḥ  
vaivasvato 'yaṃ yasyaitat saptamaṃ vartate 'ntaram //

> 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.  
> — 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.3.1.3) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.3.1.p3) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

## Other recensions (1)

- [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.1.7) — Sanskrit

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