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Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.567

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.567

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(b) *Other details.* At the time of this Manu, there were four groups of Devas, namely—Supāras, Haris, Satyas, and Sudhīs. Each of these groups contained 27 Devas. Śibi who had performed a hundred yāgas was the Indra. The Saptarṣis of this Manvantara were Jyotirmān, Pṛthu, Kāvya, Caitra, Agnivanaka, and Pivara and Nara. Khyāti, Keturūpa, Jānujaṅgha and others were the sons of Tāmasa Manu. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part I, Chapter 1).

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