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| rdfs:comment | - Shesha was a creature of the Ivory Kingdoms, a primal being of creation, a massive entity floating through the Heavens bearing on its back the sleeping form of the god Vishnu. The Shesha have many cobra-like heads, and held all of the Heavens in its hoods. Where it traveled all of creation sang the glory of Vishnu. Asako Hiirono found a connection of this creature with the Rokugani myth of Yamato no Orochi.
- In Hindu (Vedic) tradition, Shesha (Śeṣa in IAST transliteration, Devanagari: शेष) or Sheshanaag (Shesha the Naga) is the king of all nagas, one of the primal beings of creation, and according to the Bhagavata Purana, an Avatar of the Supreme God known as Sankarshan. In the Puranas, Shesha is said to hold all the planets of the Universe on his hoods and to constantly sing the glories of Vishnu from all his mouths. He is sometimes referred to as Anantha Shesha which means endless Shesha or as Adishesha which means the first Shesha. It is said that when Adishesha uncoils, time moves forward and creation takes place. When he coils back, the universe ceases to exist. "Shesha" also means remainder: that which remains when all else ceases to exist.
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| abstract | - In Hindu (Vedic) tradition, Shesha (Śeṣa in IAST transliteration, Devanagari: शेष) or Sheshanaag (Shesha the Naga) is the king of all nagas, one of the primal beings of creation, and according to the Bhagavata Purana, an Avatar of the Supreme God known as Sankarshan. In the Puranas, Shesha is said to hold all the planets of the Universe on his hoods and to constantly sing the glories of Vishnu from all his mouths. He is sometimes referred to as Anantha Shesha which means endless Shesha or as Adishesha which means the first Shesha. It is said that when Adishesha uncoils, time moves forward and creation takes place. When he coils back, the universe ceases to exist. "Shesha" also means remainder: that which remains when all else ceases to exist. A dasa (servant) and also a manifestation of Lord Vishnu, he is said to have manifested in two human forms or Avatars: Lakshmana, brother of Lord Rama, and Balarama, brother of Lord Krishna.
- Shesha was a creature of the Ivory Kingdoms, a primal being of creation, a massive entity floating through the Heavens bearing on its back the sleeping form of the god Vishnu. The Shesha have many cobra-like heads, and held all of the Heavens in its hoods. Where it traveled all of creation sang the glory of Vishnu. Asako Hiirono found a connection of this creature with the Rokugani myth of Yamato no Orochi.
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