[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v6.c82.775.3 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.775.3 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.775.3 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c82.775.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.775.3) I p 332) also mentions this colossal figure about the life of Brahmā Some said that the extent of Brahmā's life was 108 years Brahmā is said to have already lived 50 years and it is the second half of his life that is running and at present it is the Vārāha¹⁰⁸⁶ Kalpa and Vaivasvata-manvantara¹⁰⁸⁷ (7th) that are going on. The past six Manus are Svāyambhuva, Svārocisa, Uttama, Tāmasa, Raivata, Cāksusa and the present is Vaivasvata, the 7th Manu (Brahma 5 4-5, Kūrma I. 51. 4-5, Visnu III 1. 6-7) The remaining seven Manus are differently named in several Purānas e. g. Visnu (III 2 14 ff) and Narasimhapurāna 24 17-35 mention the future Manus as Sāvarni, Daksa Sāvarni, Brahmasāvarni, Dharmasāvarnika, Rudra-sāvarni, Ruci and Bhauma; while Brahma (5. 5-6) mentions four of the future seven as Sāvarni, Raibhya, Raucya, Merusāvarni Kūrma (I. 53 30-31) names the future four in the same way as Visnu (only substituting Savarna for Sāvarni wherever it occurs and the last two as Raucya and Bhautya) All the fourteen Manus are enumerated in Nāradapurāna I 40 20-23 Alberuni (tr by Sachau, vol I chap. - [Previous: v6.c82.775.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.775.2) - [Next: v6.c82.775.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.775.4) - [Up: v6.c82.775](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.775) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.775.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.775.3) · Pramāṇa