Jain Legend Vol 1

Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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V abhan tha is considered the first king for having ended the system of twins and establishing a new kingdom, and is not considered one of the kulakaras and it is possible that the Jamb dv paPraj apti took the common meaning of kula as a community and counted him among the big kulakaras.
This description in Jain literature is also found in the Vedic literature. There the term manu is used in place of kulakaras. Probably their contemplative character is a reason behind the title 'manu."Manusm ti talks of seven illustrious manus like the seven kulakaras of the Sth n mgas tra – Svayambh , Sv roci a, Uttama, T masa, Raivata, C ku a and Vaivasvata.
Other 14 manus are also mentioned among whom S var i, Dak as var i, Brahmas var i, Dharmas var i, Rudras var i, Raucyadevas var i, Indras var i, following the seventh manu, are mentioned in r mad Bh gavata as A ama-manu.
Mrka deyapura mentions 5 S var i after Vaivasvata, along with Raucya and Bhautya, as seven more manus. 14 manus are referred to in Matsyapura, Daiv Bh gavata and Vi u Pura including the manus from Sy yambhuva to S var i and following them, Raucya, Bhautya, Meru S var i, bhu, tudh m and Vi vakasena.
The time-period of 14 manus is considered to be a thousand yugas (epochs). For an elaborate introduction of the manus 9th to 21s chapters of Matsyapur a and the 421st to 509th hymns of the 4th mah dhik ra of the Jain text Tiloyapa att are worth reading.
The above comparative evaluation throws good light on the historicity of the ancient order of Indian people.
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