[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.4835 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [c9.4835](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4835) 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). - [Previous: c9.4834](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4834) - [Next: c9.4836](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4836) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Linked texts (2) - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.6.5.6) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.8.52) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4835](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.4835) · Pramāṇa