Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c20.s5.113

v2.c20.s5.113

Another work of the same class is Agastyaparva,¹ where Agastya describes to his son Dṛḍdasyu the creation of the world in right Purāṇic style. In the Mahāpralaya everything was destroyed, except Sadāśiva, who created anew the four elements, sky, air, earth and fire, and an egg from which arose Brahmā and Viṣṇu. Brahmā then created Prajāpatis, the ten Brahmarṣis (Dakṣa, Marici, Ruci, Nilalohita, Bhṛgu, Atri, Anggira, Pulaha, Kratu, and Vaśiṣṭha), Manus, and the Pitṛs, of whom a detailed account is given. It mentions in this connection that the 27 nakṣatras are all daughters of Dakṣa and Asiktiki.