Manvantara

Manvantara (), sometimes spelled manwantara or manuantara, is a compound of manu () and antara (), creating manu-antara or manvantara, literally meaning "the duration of a Manu", or his lifespan, with synonym meanings of "the interval, reign, period, or age of a Manu". Sandhya () or sandhi (), sometimes with a compound of kala (), have been used to represent "the juncture before or after a manvantara", a period of universal deluge (flood): • manvantara sandhya () • manvantara sandhi () • sandhya kala () when describing a manvantara • sandhi kala () when describing a manvantara ==Duration and structure==

Each manvantara lasts for 306,720,000 years (852,000 divine years; 1 divine year = 360 solar years) and repeats seventy-one Yuga Cycles (world ages). In a kalpa (day of Brahma), which lasts for 4.32 billion years (12 million divine years or 1,000 Yuga Cycles), there are a total of fourteen manvantaras (14 x 71 = 994 Yuga Cycles), where each is followed by and the first preceded by a manvantara-sandhya (fifteen sandhyas) with each sandhya lasting for 1,728,000 years (4,800 divine years; the duration of Satya Yuga). During each manvantara-sandhya, the earth (Bhu-loka) is submerged in water. Each kalpa has 14 manvantaras and 15 manvantara-sandhyas in the following order: • 1st manvantara-sandhya ( adi sandhya) • 1st manvantara • 2nd manvantara-sandhya • 2nd manvantara • ... • 14th manvantara-sandhya • 14th manvantara • 15th manvantara-sandhya Manusmriti, Ch. 1: Surya Siddhanta, Ch. 1: Vishnu Purana, Part 1, Ch. 3: ==Manus==

In the current kalpa (day of Brahma), these fourteen Manus reign in succession: ==See also==