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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Ādi 3.9
'vaivasvata'-nāma ei saptama manv-antara
sātāiśa catur-yuga tāhāra antara
SYNONYMS
vaivasvata-nāma — named Vaivasvata; ei — this; saptama — seventh; manu-antara — period of Manu; sātāiśa — twenty-seven; catuh-yuga — cycles of four ages; tāhāra — of that; antara — period.
TRANSLATION
The present Manu, who is the seventh, is called Vaivasvata [the son of Vivasvān]. Twenty-seven divya-yugas [27 x 4,320,000 solar years] of his age have now passed.
PURPORT
The names of the fourteen Manus are as follows: (1) Svāyambhuva, (2) Svārocisha, (3) Uttama, (4) Tāmasa, (5) Raivata, (6) Cākshusha, (7) Vaivasvata, (8) Sāvarni, (9) Daksha-sāvarni, (10) Brahma-sāvarni, (11) Dharma-sāvarni, (12) Rudraputra (Rudra-sāvarni), (13) Raucya, or Deva-sāvarni, (14) and Bhautyaka, or Indra-sāvarni.
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