Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.569

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.569

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c8.569

(b) *Other details.* The name of the Indra of this Manvantara was Vibhu. There were four groups of Devas—Amitābhas, Bhūtarayas, Vaikuṇṭhas and Sumedhas. Each of these groups contained fourteen Devas. The Saptarṣis of Raivata Manvantara were—Hiraṇyaromā, Vedasrī, Ūrdhvabāhu, Vedabāhu, Sudāmā, Parjanya and Mahāmuni. The sons of Raivata Manu, Balabandhu, Sambhāvya, Satyaka and others were mighty Kings. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part 3, Chapter 1).

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Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit