Vaivasvata Manvantara

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Vaivasvata Manvantara is the current cosmic age in Hindu cosmology, presided over by the Manu Vaivasvata (Shraddhadeva), during which the present human race and world order exist.

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Vaivasvata Manvantara canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Manvantara
cosmic age
period in Hindu cosmology
associatedWith Matsya avatar of Vishnu
linked to: Matsya avatar
contains Dvapara Yuga
Kali Yuga
Satya Yuga
Treta Yuga
cosmicContext part of a Kalpa of Brahma
cosmicLocation Bhuloka
Earth
cosmologicalSystem Hindu cosmology
currentStatus present Manvantara
describedIn Bhagavata Purana
Mahabharata
Matsya Purana
Puranas
Vishnu Purana
duration 306,720,000 human years
71 Mahayugas
follows Chakshusha Manvantara
linked to: Manvantara
hasConcept creation and dissolution cycles
cyclical time
hasDeityGroup Adityas
hasEvent great flood of Vaivasvata Manu
linked to: Great Flood
hasGuardianDeity Vishnu
hasHumanRace present human race
hasIndra Indra
hasManu Vaivasvata Manu
hasPatronymic named after Vaivasvata Manu
hasPositionInSequence seventh Manvantara
hasRishis Saptarishi
seven sages
hasWorldOrder present world order
languageOfSources Sanskrit
numberOfManvantarasPerKalpa 14
ontologyType mythological time period
partOf Shveta-Varaha Kalpa
current Kalpa
precedes future eighth Manvantara
presidedBy Shraddhadeva Manu
Vaivasvata Manu
relatedConcept Kalpa
Mahayuga
Yuga cycle
linked to: YugaCycle
religion Hinduism
tradition Puranic cosmology

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Shraddhadeva Manu cosmologicalPeriod Vaivasvata Manvantara
Seventh Manu era Vaivasvata Manvantara
subject linked to: seventh Manu
Vaivasvata Manu cosmicTimePeriod Vaivasvata Manvantara