Pṛthu (Ṛshi of the Tāmasa Manvantara)
Pṛthu, “the broad, the great”
Pṛthu has other meanings too: see all meanings of Pṛthu.
Pṛthu was one of the saptarshis, the seven ṛshis who hold their office for a manvantara (the age of one Manu), in the manvantara of Tāmasa Manu. He is not Pṛthu Vainya, the son of Vena and the first cakravartin, nor the other kings and Yādavas who bear the name.
In the Tāmasa manvantara
The munis asked Lomaharshaṇa to tell them of all the manvantaras: how many Manus there are, their times, and what happened in each. The Sūta said that the history of the manvantaras could not be told in full even in a thousand years, and told it in brief.
In the Tāmasa manvantara, he said, the saptarshis were Kāvya, Pṛthu, Agni, Jahnu, Dhātā, Kapīvān and Akapīvān. Then, with the words “here are the deva-gaṇas”, he named Dyuti, Tapasya, Sutava, Tapobhūta, Sanātana, Taporati, Akalmāsha, Tanvī and Parantava, “the ten told by Vāyu“.
Source: Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 5
Sources
- Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 5