Aṃśa (son of Manu)

Aṃśa · aṃśa, “a portion, a share”

Aṃśa has other meanings too: see all meanings of Aṃśa.

Aṃśa is a son of Manu and the father of Antardhāma, in the line from which Daksha came. Bhagavān Śiva names him in the Brahma Purāṇa when he tells the munis of the coming birth of Vāsudeva in the line of Manu. He is not Aṃśa the Āditya.

In Bhagavān Śiva’s account

When the munis and the dvijas who had come on a tīrtha-yātrā questioned Bhagavān Śiva, he spoke to them of Vāsudeva, who for the good of the devas would be born in the line of the great Manu, on the auspicious path of the Prajāpati. Bhagavān Śiva gave the line in this way: from Manu, Aṃśa; from him, Antardhāma; from him, the Prajāpati Havirdhāma; from him, Prācīnabarhi, to whom ten sons beginning with Pracetas would be born; and among them Daksha, son of Pracetas, would become Prajāpati.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 226

Sources

• Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 226