Character

毗婆斯婆多·摩奴

वैवस्वत मनुVaivasvata Manu

verses
889
books
19
chapters
289

What the texts say

In the Bhagavata Purana, Vaivasvata Manu, named Shraddhadeva, is the seventh Manu and the son of Surya, the sun deity. Bhagavatam 8.13.1 The same Purana says he fathered ten sons by his wife Shraddha, Ikshvaku among them. Bhagavatam 9.1.11 In the Matsya Purana, a small fish falls into his hands as he offers water to the ancestors in his hermitage. Matsya Purana 1.17 Later in the same Purana, the fish tells him to secure his boat to its horn when the winds of the age's end strike. Matsya Purana 1.32

Where to read

Every verse that names 毗婆斯婆多·摩奴, book by book.

    • 1.6

      无垢者啊,你先前为我们宣说的诸《普罗那》——其义味如甘露者——我们愿再度聆听。

    • 2.1

      苏多说道:他如此发问之后,摩奴便询问摩度苏达那:“世尊啊,经过多少年,才会发生中间的毁灭(antarākṣaya)?”

    • 16.7

      国王啊,请听可被任用于帕尔瓦那(Parvaṇa-śrāddha)仪式之人:奉持五圣火者(pañcāgni),已成就梵行学业之“斯那塔迦”(snātaka),精通“三苏帕尔那”(Trisuparṇa)吠陀诵读者,以及通晓六支吠陀学(ṣaḍaṅga,Vedāṅga)者。

    • 8.24.10

      在恰克舒沙·摩奴期,有一位名为萨提亚弗拉塔的伟大王圣。他一心归依那罗延,只以清水为食而修行苦行。

    • 5.18.24

      在罗摩耶迦-伐尔沙,毗婆斯瓦特·摩奴执政之地,至上人格神在上一时代终末——即恰克舒沙·摩奴万塔罗的末期——显现为最受爱戴的摩蹉化身,并曾向该伐尔沙之主摩奴预先示现。如今毗婆斯瓦特·摩奴仍以宏大的奉爱瑜伽礼敬摩蹉主,并诵念如下真言。

    • 8.13.1

      舒迦提婆·高斯瓦弥说:现今的摩奴名为“施拉达德瓦”(Śrāddhadeva),是毗婆斯梵——太阳的主宰神——之子。他是第七位摩奴。现在请听我讲述他的诸子。

    • 7.13.39

      那时,萨提亚夫拉塔(特里尚库)在路上看到我极度忧伤。那位王仙(Rajarshi)问道:这个男孩为什么哭?

    • 3.11.1

      萨提亚夫拉塔故事之描述。洛马沙说:他完全不懂吠陀经的学习,也不懂持咒(Japa)。他既不懂对神灵的冥想,也不懂对祂们的崇拜。

    • 3.9.44

      ……即使在诵念时没有带鼻音点(bindu),她也必定会满足人的愿望。哦,众王之首,萨提亚夫拉塔的故事就是这方面的一个例子。

    • 1.2.45.48

      他一再嫉妒最具正法之德的难陀跋陀罗。此人不信正道、行止恶劣——却又被传为“萨底耶弗罗多”(誓守真实者)。

    • 1.2.5.72

      依次为:Svāyaṃbhuva、Svārociṣa、Uttama,以及 Raivata;其后为 Tāmasa 与第六位 Cākṣuṣa;而今则是 Vaivasvata。

    • 1.2.37.62

      又于娑迦洲(Śākadvīpa)中,名为“律誓”(Ṛtavrata)、“真誓”(Satyavrata)与“随誓”(Anuvrata)之诸域,人们以持诵(japa)礼敬圣尊瓦依耶瓦特迦摩(Vāyyavātkama)。

Key chapters

The chapters where 毗婆斯婆多·摩奴 matters most.

  1. Prologue to the Matsya Purana and the Manu-Pralaya Rescue Narrative (Matsya Avatar Prelude)

    Matsya Purana 1 · 13 verses

    Exemplar of rajadharma and human agency under divine guidance

  2. Intermediate Dissolution (Antarakṣaya), Matsya’s Rescue of Manu, and the Opening Outline of Creation Topics

    Matsya Purana 2 · 13 verses

    Inquirer, exemplar of preparedness and continuity of life…

  3. Matsya-avatāra: The Lord as Fish Saves the Vedas and Guides Satyavrata

    Bhagavatam 8.24 · 48 verses

    Devotee-king exemplar

  4. Nandabhadra-Satyavrata Dialogue at Bahūdaka Tīrtha

    Skanda Purana 1.2.45 · 15 verses

  5. Śrāddha Procedure: Types, Eligible Guests, Exclusions, and the Pārvaṇa-Anvāhāryaka Rite

    Matsya Purana 16 · 12 verses

    Inquirer and normative law-giver figure

  6. Soma, the Pitṛs, and the Science of Śrāddha: Why Purūravas Ascends on Amāvāsyā + Parva-Sandhi Time Rules

    Matsya Purana 141 · 9 verses

    Model inquirer representing dharma-minded kingship

  7. Vishvamitra Resolves to Uplift Trishanku from His Curse

    Devi Bhagavatam 7.13 · 7 verses

  8. Brahmā-Gāyatrī as a Divine Pair and the Early Genealogies of Creation (Manu to Dakṣa)

    Matsya Purana 4 · 7 verses

    Primary interlocutor

  9. The Story of Satyavrata and the Power of the Saraswat Bija

    Devi Bhagavatam 3.11 · 6 verses

  10. The Observance of Viśoka-Dvādaśī: A Lakṣmī-Viṣṇu Vow for Sorrow-Removal and Prosperity

    Matsya Purana 81 · 6 verses

    Disciple-inquirer

Key episodes

  1. Matsya: The Fish That Saved Satyavrata

    Bhagavatam 8.24

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