Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.577

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.577

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c8.577

(iii) Vaivasvata Manu had another name, “Śrāddhadeva.” The Devas of this Manvantaram are Ādityas, Vasus and Rudras. The name of the Indra of this period is Purandara. The Saptarṣis are, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa, Atri, Jamadagni, Gautama, Viśvāmitra and Bharadvāja. The nine Dhārmikas (virtuous ones), Ikṣvāku, Nṛga, Dhrṣṭa, Śaryāti, Narisyanta, Nābhāga, Ariṣṭa, Karūṣa and Pṛṣadhra are the sons of Vaivasvata Manu. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part 8, Chapter 1).

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Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit