Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

In 1.8.1.1–6 the fish asks ManuManu, Survivor in Indian Flood TraditionsA central human figure in several Sanskrit accounts of the flood and human renewal; his position and role differ across the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, Mahābhārata and Purāṇas.Glossary · Click to read the explanation to raise it, warns him of a flood and then pulls his boat by its horn to a northern mountain. Sections 1.8.1.7–11 continue with Manu’s offering, Idā’s emergence and an explanation of ritualRitualAn organised or distinguished practice meaningful to a community; it may leave traces, but its form alone does not reveal an associated doctrine.Glossary · Click to read the explanation. The passage does not identify the fish as Viṣṇu or Brahmā or put seven sages in the boat. The text belongs approximately to the later Vedic period; the date of composition is not the date of the mythical flood. ^[1][2][10]