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Manwantara

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a grand period of time in Hindu chronology, including seventy-one maha- yugs, or divine ages, being the reign of one Manu (q.v.), with his posterity of sons and grandsons. The reigns of the fourteen Manus who reigned in succession extended to one thousand maha-yugs, or one kalpa.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Manwantara'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/manwantara.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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