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In each manvantara, seven Rishis, certain deities, an Indra, a Manu, and kings (sons of Manu) are created and perish. [1] Each manvantara is distinguished by the Manu who rules/reigns over it, of which we are currently in the seventh manvantara of fourteen, which is ruled by Vaivasvata Manu. [2] [3]
Saptarshis list: Diptimat, Galava, Parasurama, Kripa, Drauni or Ashwatthama, Vyasa, and Rishyasringa. [13] In Savarnya-manvantara, Lord Vishnu's avatar will be called Sarvabhauma. In the period of the eighth Manu, the Manu is Surya Savarnika Manu. He is the son of Surya by his second wife, Chhaya. He is thus the half-brother to Shraddhadeva Manu.
Say much in few words: multis e gentibus vires: from many peoples, strength: Motto of Saskatchewan: multitudo sapientium sanitas orbis: a multitude of the wise is the health of the world: From the Vulgate, Wisdom of Solomon 6:24. Motto of the University of Victoria. multum in parvo: much in little: Conciseness.
A word for female Hindu deities. Bhajan A Hindu devotional song as a spiritual practice. Bhakti A Hindu word for faith, devotion or love to god. Bharat India, and also used as a male name. Bharata Brother of Rama. Bhargava The descendants of the great rishi, Bhrigu. Bhasmasura Ancient legendary character in Hinduism. Bhavana Sense for calling ...
According to Hindu traditions, Shraddhadeva Manu (Sanskrit manuśraddhādeva) is the current Manu and the progenitor of the current manvantara. He is considered as the seventh of the fourteen Manus of the current kalpa (aeon). [1] Shraddhadeva Manu was the king of the Dravida kingdom [2] before the Pralaya, the great flood.
Vaivasvata Manu (Sanskrit: वैवस्वत मनु), also referred to as Shraddhadeva and Satyavrata, is the current Manu—the progenitor of the human race. He is the seventh of the 14 Manus of the current kalpa (aeon) of Hindu cosmology .
Pramā means "correct notion, true knowledge, basis, foundation, understand", with pramāṇa being a further nominalization of the word. [2] [3] Thus, the concept Pramāṇa implies that which is a "means of acquiring prama or certain, correct, true knowledge". [4] Shastra commonly refers to a treatise or text on a specific field of knowledge.
The word Dharmaśāstras never appears in the Vedic texts, and the word śāstra itself appears for the first time in Yaska's Nirukta text. [54] Katyayana's commentary on Panini's work (~3rd century BCE), has the oldest known single mention of the word Dharmaśāstras. [54] The extant Dharmaśāstras texts are listed below: