Vaivasvata Manu
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In Hindu mythology, Vaivasvata Manu (Sanskrit: वैवस्वत मनु) (also Manu Vaivasvate) is the father of one of the 14 Manus. His son Sraddhadeva is considered the progenitor of the current Manvantara, which is the 7th of the 14 that make up the current Kalpa, each Kalpa making up a day of Brahma.
Sraddhadeva was born to Saranya and Vivasvat and was the King of Dravida during the epoch of the Matsya Purana. Sraddhadeva Manu once caught a talking fish who begged him to rescue it. The fish claimed a Great Flood was coming and it would wash away all living things. Manu put the fish in a pot, and then, as it grew larger, into a tank, a lake and then the ocean. While in the ocean, the fish told Manu to build a boat. He did so and when the flood arrived, the fish (actually Matsya) towed the ship by a cable attached to his horn. He also had a son named Priyavrata.
See also: Manusmriti
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