THE LIVING ARCHIVE
About Vaivasvata Manu
Sanjna is his mother and Vivasvan his father; Yama and Yami belong to the same maternal household. Vaivasvata means a descendant of Vivasvan and distinguishes him from other Manus.
Krishna recalls the teaching succession in which Vivasvan transmits yoga to Manu, who teaches it to Ikshvaku. Manu is therefore a receiver and transmitter of sacred instruction as well as an ancestor of the solar kings.
AT A GLANCE
Identity & Context
- Identity
- Manu
- Form
- Manu
- Tradition
- Puranic
- Also Known As
- Shraddhadeva · Satyavrata (flood traditions)
- World & Associations
- Current manvantara
Family Context
These relationships follow the traditions described here. Some details remain uncertain and should not be treated as a single universal genealogy.
THE STORY
Life & Stories
Story Connections
- Present manvantara
- Flood rescue
ROLE & ESSENCE
Attributes & Significance
The story makes continuity through catastrophe a guardianship of many forms of life. Seeds, creatures, teachers and instruction all matter to what can exist after the waters recede.
The teaching passed to Ikshvaku also brings the vast period of a Manu into the history of solar kings. Cosmic succession and royal ancestry meet through a named learner and teacher.
Role
Seventh/current Manu in a common Puranic system; son of Vivasvan and associated with flood traditions.
Attributes & Abilities
- Progenitorial and governing authority
TRADITION & MEANING
Traditions & Interpretations
Flood accounts differ in chronology and details. The identification of Satyavrata with the later Vaivasvata belongs to this telling rather than replacing every other Manu narrative.
The king’s actions are forms of attention: he hears the warning, prepares for it and protects what is vulnerable. Those steps explain what preservation requires before the later world can begin.
Flood narratives use Satyavrata in particular contexts; this alias is not a merge with Trishanku.
From the Sacred Texts
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Artwork & Archive Notes
Objects & Emblems
No named weapon or artifact is specified in this profile’s reference record. This does not establish that the figure never used one.
Visual Identity
Where artwork is shown, it is a contemporary illustrative interpretation. This reference record does not establish a fixed portrait, colour scheme, or complete set of iconographic attributes for this figure.
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Characters & Cosmic Entities8
Vivasvan fathers Manu and transmits yoga to him.
Shraddhadeva, the present Manu, is Sanjna’s son.
Manu transmits yoga to Ikshvaku.
Sharyati belongs among Manu’s sons in the royal genealogy.
The flood survivor and future progenitor in the related narratives.
Vaivasvata follows Chakshusha in the succession.
Savarni follows the present Vaivasvata period.
Vaivasvata Manu is Ila’s parent.
