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“Châkshusha was the Manu of the sixth period [Third Round and Third Race], in which Indra was Manojava”—Mantradruma in the Bhâgavata Purâna. (Vishnu Purâna, Wilson’s Trans., iii. 12.) As there is a perfect analogy between the Great Round (Mahâkalpa), each of the seven Rounds, and each of the seven great Races in every one of the Rounds—therefore, Indra of the sixth period, or Third Round, corresponds to the close of the Third Race, at the time of the Fall or the separation of sexes. Rudra, as the father of the Maruts, has many points of contact with Indra, the Marutvân, or “Lord of the Maruts.” Rudra is said to have received his name because of his weeping. Hence Brahmâ called him Rudra; but he wept yet seven times more and so obtained seven other names—of which he uses one during each “period.”