History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.775.5

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74-76 to Vaivasvata, chap 77 to Sāvarṇi, chap 78-90 to Devī, chap 91-95 to Raucya or Ruci, chap 96-97 to Bhautya The word 'Vaivasvata' (son of Vivasvat, the Sun) is applied to Yama in several passages of the Ṛgveda (X 14 1, X. 58. 1, X 60 10, X 164 2) The Anukramaṇī, however, ascribes Ṛg. VIII. 27-31 to Vaivasvata Manu as the ṛṣi and in one of the Vālakhilya hymns (Ṛg X 52 1) occurs the following verse 'O Indra! just as you drank the soma extracted in (the sacrifice of) Manu Vivasvat, just as you frequently accept the hymn of praise in (sacrifice of) Trita, so may you simultaneously delight in (the soma and praise) of Āyu '¹⁰⁹⁰ It may be noted that the Manusmṛti names only the seven Manus (I. 61-63) and states that each Manu during his own time (which extended over thousands of years) created the movable and immovable world and protected it, that Manvantaras are numberless (Manusmṛti I 80) and that the Great God (Parameṣṭhin) brought about the creation and destruction of the world during the Manvantaras. Some of the Purāṇas such as Matsya (9. 37-39, 142. 40, 144. 97-98), Vāyu (59. 34), Agni (150. 21), Viṣṇu (I. 3 and VI. 3) state that Manu and the seven sages in each Manvantara (i. e. where there is a change of Manu) who are the śiṣṭas that then exist are devoted to dharma, being ordered by Brahmā for the purpose of continuing the worlds, declare the truth and promulgate the Vedas. Some modern writers (like Dr.