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Svayambhuva Manu

Svayambhuva Manu is the first Manu of the present kalpa and father of the human line: a son of Brahma, husband of Shatarupa; the Manusmriti …

Vaivasvata Manu is the Manu of the present (seventh) manvantara: son of Vivasvat the Sun, founder of the Ikshvaku line and the seventh of th…