Dyutimān

Dyutimān · dyuti-mān, “the radiant one”

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Dyutimān is one of the ten sons of Svāyambhuva Manu, the Manu of the first manvantara. His seven sons are the rulers of Krauñca-dvīpa.

A son of Svāyambhuva Manu

Lomaharshaṇa, telling the munis the manvantaras, says that in the time of Svāyambhuva Manu the saptarshis were Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya and Vasishṭha, the sons of Brahmā, who dwell in the northern direction. The ten sons of Svāyambhuva were Āgnīdhra, Agnibāhu, Medhya, Medhātithi, Vasu, Jyotishmān, Dyutimān, Havya, Sabala and Putra.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 5

His sons in Krauñca-dvīpa

Describing the seven dvīpas, Lomaharshaṇa says that Krauñca-dvīpa is twice as wide as Kuśa-dvīpa, and that the seven sons of Dyutimān are its rulers: Kuśaga, Mandaga, Ushṇa, Pīvara, Andhakāraka, Muni and Dundubhi. Its varsha mountains are Krauñca, Vāmana, Andhakāraka, Devavrata, Dhama, Puṇḍarīkavān and Dundubhi, and its seven chief rivers are Gaurī, Kumudvatī, Sandhyā, Rātrī, Manojavā, Khyāti and Puṇḍarīkā. There Janārdana is worshipped in the form of Rudra through yajña and dhyāna-yoga, and the dvīpa is surrounded by the ocean of cream.

Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 20

Sources

  • Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 5, 20