SAVARN MANVANTAR

Markandeya says- ‘O great sage! Now I am going to tell you about the Manavantar of Savarn, which will be the ninth Manavantar. Savarn was the son of Daksha. During this Manavantar, there will be three prominent groups of deities. Each group would comprise of twelve deities. During this Manavantar, Indra would be known as Adbhut. The names of the Saptarishis of this Manavantar would be Medhatithi, Vasu, Satya, Jyotishman, Dyutiman, Sabal and Hatyavahan. Savarn will have eight sons- Dhrishtketu, Barhaketu, Panchahasta, Niramay, Prithushravah, Achishman, Bhuridruymna and Bhrihadmay.’

The tenth Manavantar will be named after the tenth Manasputra of Lord Brahma. During this Manavantar, the names of two prominent groups of deities will be Sukhasin and Niruddha. The total population during this Manavantar will be hundred people. The total number of deities during this Manavantar will also be of the same number. The name of Indra during this tenth Manavantar would be Shanti and the names of the Saptarishis during this tenth Manavantar would be Apomurti, Havishman, Sukrit, Satya, Nabhag, Apratim and Vashishta. The tenth Manu would have ten sons- Sukshetra, Uttamoja, Bhurishen, Veeryavan, Shatanik, Vrishabh, Anmitra, Jayadrath, Bhuridruymna and Suparva.

The eleventh Manavantar will be named after Savarn, the son of Dharma. During this Manavantar, there will be three prominent groups of deities- Vihangam, Kamag and Nirmanpati. Each group would comprise of 30 deities. Indra would be known by the name of Vrishakhya. The name  of the  Saptarishis  of this  Manavantar would  be Havishman,  Varishtha,  Nischar, Anagh, Vishti, Agnidev etc. The eleventh Manu would have six sons- Sarvatrag, Susharma, Devaneek, Purudwaha, Hemdhanva and Dhridhayu.

The twelfth Manavantar will be named after Savarn, the son of Rudra. The names of the five prominent groups of deities of this Manavantar will be Sudharma, Sumana, Harit, Rohit and Suvarn. Each group will comprise of ten deities. During this Manavantar, Indra would be known by the name of Kratadhama. The names of the Saptarishis during this Manavantar would be Dyuti, Tapasvi, Sutava, Tapomurti, Taponidhi, Taporati and Tapodhiti. The Manu of this Manavantar would have six sons- Devavan, Upadev, Devashrestha, Vidurath, Mitravan and Mitravinda.

Rauchya would be the Manu during the thirteen Manavantar. Three prominent groups of deities would be Sudharma, Sukarma and Susharma. During this Manavantar, Indra would be known by the name of Divaspati. The name of the Saptarishis of this Manavantar will be Dhritiman, Avyay, Tatvadarshi, Nirutsuk, Nirmoha, Sutapa and Nishkamp. During this Manavantar, Manu

would have eight sons- Chitrasen, Vichitra, Niyati, Nirbhay, Dhridh, Sunetra, Kshatrabuddhi and

Suvrat.

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