मन्वन्तर

• srishti ki ayu ka anuman lagane ke liye char yugoan sat yug, treta yug, dvapar yug aur kali yug ka ek 'mahayug' mana jata hai .
• 71 mahayug milakar ek 'manvantar' banata hai.
• mahayug ki avadhi 43 lakh 20 hazar varsh mani gee hai.
• 14 manvantaroan ka ek 'kalp' hota hai.
• pratyek manvantar mean srishti ka ek manu hota hai aur usi ke nam par us manvantar ka nam p data hai.
• manaviy ganana ke anusar ek manvantar mean tis karo d ,a dasath lakh , bis hazar varsh hote haian .
• puranoan mean chaudah manvantar is prakar haian-

1. svayanbhuv ,
2. svarochish,
3. uttam ,
4. tamas,
5. raivat,
6. chakshush,
7. vaivasvat,
8. ark savarni,
9. daksh savarni,
10. brahm savarni,
11. dharm savarni,
12. rudr savarni,
13. rauchy,
14. bhauty.

• inamean se chakshus tak ke manvantar bit chuke haian .
• vaivasvat is samay chal raha hai . sankalp adi mean isi ka namochchar hota hai .