Sraddhadeva Manu

In Hindu mythology, Sraddhadeva Manu or Vaivasvata Manu (Sanskrit: वैवस्वत मनु) is one of the 14 Manus, and the son of Vivasvat, hence his other name Vaivasvata Manu ^[1]. He is considered the progenitor of the current Manvantara, which is the 7th of the 14 that make up the current Kalpa, each Kalpa making up a day of Brahma.

Sraddhadeva was born to Saranya and Vaivasvata and was the King of Dravida during the epoch of the Matsya Purana. Sraddhadeva Manu once caught a talking fish who begged him to rescue it. The fish claimed a Great Flood was coming and it would wash away all living things. Manu put the fish in a pot, and then, as it grew larger, into a tank, a lake and then the ocean. While in the ocean, the fish told Manu to build a boat. He did so and when the flood arrived, the fish (actually Matsya) towed the ship by a cable attached to his horn.

He married Shraddha and ten children including Ila and Ikshvaku, the progenitors of the Lunar Dynasty and Solar Dynasty respectively.

See also

• The Great Flood
• Manusmriti
• Matsya
• Vivasvan
• Krishna
• Manvantara

References

1. ^ List of Manus