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first, sixth, and seventh periods are of the most note. In the inter- 

 mediate /..trs little of interest occurs, and less in those that are to come. 

 We may therefore here insert the names of the persons of these 

 three Manwantaras. 



Menu. 



Swayamb'huva. 



Chdkshusha. 



Vaivasw at. 



Indra. 





Manojava. 



Purandhara. 



Devatas. 





Adyas. 



Adityas. 







Prasutas. 



Vasns. 







Bhavyas. 



Budras, Sfc. 







Prithugas. 









Mahanubhavas, Sfc. 





Rishis. 



Marichi. 



Sumedhi. 



Vasisht' ha. 





Angiras. 



Viraja. 



K as yap a. 



, 



Atri. 



Havishmat. 



Atri. 





Fulastya. 



Uttdma. 



Jamadagni. 





Pulaha. 



Madhu. 



Gautama. 





Kratu. 



Atenaman. 



Viswamitra. 





Vasisht 'ha. 



Sahishna. 



Bharadhwdja, 



Sons. 



Priyavrata. 



Uru. 



Ikshwdku. 





Uttanapada. 



Puru. 



Nab' hdga. 







Satadru. 



Dhrishta. 







Tapaswi. 



Sarydti. 







Satyavati. 



Nat ishyanta. 







Suchi. 



Bhdgadheya, 





- 



Agnishthoma. 



Karusha. 







Sadyumna. 



Prishadhra. 







Abhimanyu. 



VasumaU 







Atiratra. 





In this manner the persons of the remaining seven Manwantaras 

 are prophetically detailed. 



In the next chapter of the third section occurs the enumeration of 

 the 28 Veda Vydsas already alluded to. In the Dwdpar age of 

 every Mahdyug, or aggregate of four Yugas, a Muni or sage appears, 

 who makes a new arrangement of these works, and is therefore called 

 Vyasa or Veda Vydsa. The Vydsa of the present period is Krishna 

 Dwaipayana, the son of Parasara, and the twenty-eighth of the 

 series, and who, according to this authority, and the sectarial notions it 

 advocates, is a minor descent or incarnation of Vishnu himself. 



The origin of the Vedas and Purdnas is treated of in the next 

 chapter of this section, with many curious details. The Veda, it is said, 

 was originally a ritual, containing ample instructions for the five great 

 sacrifices, or oblations to fire, at the full and change of the moon, and 

 in every fourth month, the offering of animals, and libation with the 

 juice of the acid Asclepias ; these five being doubled as Prakriti and 



