The Kalpas and Manvantaras: their duration - Verse 71
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 6 · Verse 71
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Sanskrit Original
गत्यर्थादृषतेर्धातोर्नामनिष्पत्तिरुच्यते। यस्मादृषतिसत्त्वेन महत्तस्मान्महर्षयः।।
gatyarthādṛṣaterdhātornāmaniṣpattirucyate| yasmādṛṣatisattvena mahattasmānmaharṣayaḥ||
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Sūta said: The root ^Ṛṣ the sense of Gati (movement). The above name (i.e. Ṛṣi) is derived from that root. Since they move about with their Sattva and since they are great, they are called Maharṣis (Great sages).
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