Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4835

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.4835

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VIVASVĀN IV. The first human being who performed sacrifice. This Vivasvān is considered to be the father of Manu and Yama. (Ṛgveda 8. 52; 10, 14, 16). In Taittirīyasaṃhitā, mention is made that people of the earth are the children of this Vivasvān. (Taittirīya Saṃhitā, 6.5. 6).

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Taittirīyasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit