by the first Manu (Svāyambhuva Manu) for producing everyone else. In Mahabharata 12, on the other hand, there is the post-Vedic list of Marici , Atri , Angiras , Pulaha , Kratu , Pulastya and Vasishtha . The Mahābhārata list explicitly refers to the saptarshis of the first manvantara (cf. SED