Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana
by Chaitali Kadia | 2021 | 91,183 words
This page relates ‘Lineages of Brahma� of the study on the historical elements of the Matsya-purana: one of the eighteen Mahapuranas which are Sanskrit texts that have preserved the cultural heritage, philosophy, religion, geography, etc of ancient India. This Matsyapurana was originally written in 20,000 verses and deals with topics such as architecture, ancient history, polity, religion and philosophy.
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Lineages of
produces 10 sons in pursuit of a son. Each of them is called Mānasputra because they originated from the mind of . Among those sons, Ѳī was the first, followed by the glorious Ѳṣi Atri. Angirā again and was followed by Pulastya. Then Pulaha and Kratu were created. After that a son named Praceta was born. Then ṛg was born as a son and soon 岹 also appeared. These ten sons were produced by from his own mind, each of whom became famous as a sage. Some motherless sons are also born from the body of . ٲṣa ʰ貹پ are manifested from the right finger of . Dharma is born from the breast of and ܻܲܳ (峾𱹲) is born from the heart Krodha originates from the eyebrows and Lova from the lips. Moha is born from intellect and Mada is born out of arrogance Pramod originates from the voice and ṛt from the eyes. Then from the hand of Brahma appeared a son, named Bharata who is the creator of the �ṭy岹�. The tenth child of was a daughter who became famous as Angaja[1]. Goddes Sarasvati, Śatarupā, originates from the body of . Later, fascinated by the form of ī, Brahma himself married her. Later Svāyambhuva Manu was born from the womb of ī.[2]
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[1]:
Matsya ʳܰṇa, Ch. 3/5�12