Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.542

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.542

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c8.542

(i) The Saptarṣis of first Manvantara were—Marīci, Aṅgiras, Atri, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya and Vasiṣṭha. Devas are known as Yamas. The first Manu had ten sons namely Agnīdhra, Agnibāhu, Medhā, Medhātithi, Vasu, Jyotiṣmān, Dyutimān, Havya, Savana and Putra and they ruled over the country. (Harivaṃśa, Chapter 7).

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Harivaṃśa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit