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href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97" title="শেষনাগ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="শেষনাগ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97" title="শেষনাগ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="শেষনাগ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesa_(mitologia)" title="Sesa (mitologia) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sesa (mitologia)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananta" title="Ananta – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ananta" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shesha" title="Shesha – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Shesha" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheshanaga" title="Sheshanaga – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sheshanaga" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesa" title="Sesa – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sesa" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Ae%E1%B9%A3a" title="Śeṣa – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Śeṣa" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B6%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B7%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%97" title="ಶೇಷನಾಗ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಶೇಷನಾಗ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shesha" title="Shesha – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Shesha" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shesha" title="Shesha – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Shesha" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9B%A3%E9%99%80%E7%AB%9C%E7%8E%8B" title="難陀竜王 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="難陀竜王" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" 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deity</span></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> / <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> / <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></dt></dl></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="padding-bottom:0; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#001A57">Important deities</span></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="padding-top:0;"> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Dashavatara" title="Dashavatara">Dashavatara</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matsya" title="Matsya">Matsya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurma" title="Kurma">Kurma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varaha" title="Varaha">Varaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narasimha" title="Narasimha">Narasimha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vamana" title="Vamana">Vamana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parasurama" class="mw-redirect" title="Parasurama">Parasurama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gautama_Buddha_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Gautama Buddha in Hinduism">Buddha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalki" title="Kalki">Kalki</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Other forms</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dhanvantari" title="Dhanvantari">Dhanvantari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guruvayurappan" title="Guruvayurappan">Guruvayurappan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayagriva" title="Hayagriva">Hayagriva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagannath" title="Jagannath">Jagannath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohini" title="Mohini">Mohini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nara-Narayana" title="Nara-Narayana">Nara-Narayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prithu" title="Prithu">Prithu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrinathji" title="Shrinathji">Shrinathji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venkateshvara" class="mw-redirect" title="Venkateshvara">Venkateshvara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vithoba" title="Vithoba">Vithoba</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Shakti" title="Shakti">Consorts</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhumi_(goddess)" title="Bhumi (goddess)">Bhumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rukmini" title="Rukmini">Rukmini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alamelu" class="mw-redirect" title="Alamelu">Alamelu</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Related</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garuda" title="Garuda">Garuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shasta_(deity)" title="Shasta (deity)">Shasta</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td 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title="Harivamsa">Harivamsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divya_Prabandha" class="mw-redirect" title="Divya Prabandha">Divya Prabandha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gita_Govinda" title="Gita Govinda">Gita Govinda</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Purana" title="Vishnu Purana">Vishnu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naradiya_Purana" title="Naradiya Purana">Naradiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garuda_Purana" title="Garuda Purana">Garuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padma_Purana" title="Padma Purana">Padma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agni_Purana" title="Agni Purana">Agni</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="padding-bottom:0; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><span class="tmp-color" 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panth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dadu_Dayal" title="Dadu Dayal">Dadu panth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahanam_Sampraday" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahanam Sampraday">Mahanam</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini 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template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shesha</b> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">शेष</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Sanskrit" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Sanskrit">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">Śeṣa</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'Remainder'),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also known by his epithets <b>Sheshanaga</b> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">शेषनाग</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Sanskrit" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Sanskrit">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">Śeṣanāga</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'The snake Shesha') and <b>Adishesha</b> (<a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">आदिशेष</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Sanskrit" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Sanskrit">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn">Ādiśeṣa</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'First Shesha'), is a serpentine demigod (<a href="/wiki/N%C4%81ga" title="Nāga">naga</a>) and king of the <a href="/wiki/N%C4%81ga" title="Nāga">serpents</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nagaraja" title="Nagaraja">Nagaraja</a>), as well as a primordial being of creation in <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a>. In the <a href="/wiki/Puranas" title="Puranas">Puranas</a>, Shesha is said to hold all the planets of the universe on his hoods and to constantly sing the glories of <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> from all his mouths. He is sometimes referred to as <b>Ananta Shesha</b>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Narayana" title="Narayana">Narayana</a> form of Vishnu is often depicted as resting on Shesha, accompanied by his consort <a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a>. Shesha is considered as one of the two mounts of Vishnu alongside <a href="/wiki/Garuda" title="Garuda">Garuda</a>. He is said to have descended upon Earth in the following human forms or incarnations: <a href="/wiki/Lakshmana" title="Lakshmana">Lakshmana</a>, brother of Vishnu's incarnation <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Treta_Yuga" title="Treta Yuga">Treta Yuga</a>, and according to some traditions, as <a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a>, brother of Vishnu's incarnation <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Dvapara_Yuga" title="Dvapara Yuga">Dvapara Yuga</a>. According to the <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a> (Adi Parva), his father was <a href="/wiki/Kashyapa" title="Kashyapa">Kashyapa</a> and his mother <a href="/wiki/Kadru" title="Kadru">Kadru</a>, though in other accounts, he is usually a primordial being created by Vishnu. </p><p>His name means "he who remains", from the <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> <a href="/wiki/Root_(linguistics)" title="Root (linguistics)">root</a> <i>śiṣ</i>, because even as the world is destroyed at the end of each <a href="/wiki/Kalpa_(aeon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalpa (aeon)">kalpa</a>, Shesha remains as he is. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Form">Form</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shesha&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Form"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheshashayi_-_Laxminarayan_by_DHURANDHAR_MV.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Sheshashayi_-_Laxminarayan_by_DHURANDHAR_MV.jpg/250px-Sheshashayi_-_Laxminarayan_by_DHURANDHAR_MV.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Sheshashayi_-_Laxminarayan_by_DHURANDHAR_MV.jpg/500px-Sheshashayi_-_Laxminarayan_by_DHURANDHAR_MV.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="785" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Narayana" title="Narayana">Narayana</a> resting on Adhishesha, with his consort <a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a> massaging his feet</figcaption></figure><p>Shesha is generally depicted with a massive form that floats coiled through space, or upon the <a href="/wiki/Kshir_Sagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Kshir Sagar">Ocean of Milk</a>, to form the bed upon which Vishnu lies. Sometimes, he is depicted as a five-headed or seven-headed or a ten-headed <a href="/wiki/Serpent_(symbolism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Serpent (symbolism)">serpent</a>; but more commonly as one thousand-headed, or five thousand-headed, or even as many as a one million-headed <a href="/wiki/Serpent_(symbolism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Serpent (symbolism)">serpent</a>; sometimes with each head wearing an ornate crown.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin_and_legends">Origin and legends</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shesha&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origin and legends"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a>, Shesha was born to the sage <a href="/wiki/Kashyapa" title="Kashyapa">Kashyapa</a> and his wife <a href="/wiki/Kadru" title="Kadru">Kadru</a>. Kadru gave birth to a thousand snakes, of which Shesha was the eldest. After Shesha, <a href="/wiki/Vasuki_(snake)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasuki (snake)">Vasuki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iravati" title="Iravati">Iravati</a> and <a href="/wiki/Takshaka" title="Takshaka">Takshaka</a> were born, in that order. A lot of Shesha's brothers were cruel and were bent upon inflicting harm on others. They were even unkind to <a href="/wiki/Garuda" title="Garuda">Garuda</a>, who was Kashyapa's son through <a href="/wiki/Vinata" title="Vinata">Vinata</a>, sister of Kadru. (Kadru and Vinata were daughters of Daksha). </p><p>Shesha, disgusted by the cruel acts of his brothers, left his mother and kin, and took on austere penances. He lived on air and meditated in places including Gandhamadhana, Badrikashrama, Gokarna, Pushkara, and the <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>. His penances were so severe that his flesh, skin, and muscles dried up and merged with his frame. <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a>, convinced of Shesha's will, asked Shesha to request a boon. Shesha asked that he be able to keep his mind under control so that he could continue to perform ascetic penances. Brahma gladly accepted the request. Brahma then asked a favour of Shesha: to go beneath the precarious earth and stabilise it. Shesha agreed and went to the netherworld and stabilised <a href="/wiki/Bhumi_(goddess)" title="Bhumi (goddess)">Bhumi</a> with his hood. He is believed to support her even today, thus making <a href="/wiki/Patala" title="Patala">Patala</a> his perennial residence.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vishnu_and_Shesha">Vishnu and Shesha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shesha&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Vishnu and Shesha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shesha is usually depicted as floating in the ocean of the changing world, forming the bed of a primordial form of Vishnu, i.e. <a href="/wiki/Narayana" title="Narayana">Narayana</a>, <a href="/wiki/V%C4%81sudeva" title="Vāsudeva">Vāsudeva</a> or in later Puranic Vaishnavism, <a href="/wiki/Mahavishnu" title="Mahavishnu">Mahavishnu</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata Purana</a>, Shesha is named Sankarshana, the <a href="/wiki/Tamasic" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamasic">tamasic</a> energy of Narayana himself, and is said to live deep within the inner layers of <a href="/wiki/Patala" title="Patala">Patala</a>, where there are many serpents with gems on their heads and where he reigns as its ruler. He is said to have existed before the creation of the universe. When the universe is towards its end, he creates the 11 <a href="/wiki/Rudras" title="Rudras">Rudras</a> from the serpents to destroy the universe for a new one to be created. </p><p>Sankarshana is also one of the four <a href="/wiki/Vyuha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vyuha">vyuhas</a>, or primitive forms of Vishnu, the other three being <a href="/wiki/Vasudeva" title="Vasudeva">Vasudeva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pradyumna" title="Pradyumna">Pradyumna</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Aniruddha" title="Aniruddha">Aniruddha</a>. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Gaudiya_Vaishnavism" title="Gaudiya Vaishnavism">Gaudiya</a> accounts, Sankarshana expands himself as Garbhodakshayi-Vishnu in the beginning of the universe to create <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a>. In other words, Sankarshana is believed to be Narayana himself. </p><p>In the first few chapters of the <a href="/wiki/Purana" class="mw-redirect" title="Purana">Puranas</a>, it is also said that Sankarshana preached the <a href="/wiki/Bhagavata" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhagavata">Bhagavata</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Four_Kumaras" title="Four Kumaras">Four Kumaras</a>, who in turn passed on this message. At some point, the message was passed to sage <a href="/wiki/Maitreya_(Mah%C4%81bh%C4%81rata)" title="Maitreya (Mahābhārata)">Maitreya</a>, who in turn preached it to <a href="/wiki/Vidura" title="Vidura">Vidura</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marriage">Marriage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shesha&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to legends, Shesha is married to <a href="/wiki/Nagalakshmi" title="Nagalakshmi">Nagalakshmi</a>. As per the <i><a href="/wiki/Garga_Samhita_(Vaishnavite_text)" title="Garga Samhita (Vaishnavite text)">Garga Samhita</a></i>, she is considered to be the personification of the divine ocean called the <a href="/wiki/Kshira_Sagara" title="Kshira Sagara">Kshira Sagara</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Avatars">Avatars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shesha&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Avatars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:408px;max-width:408px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lakshmana_at_Srivaikundam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lakshmana_at_Srivaikundam.jpg/250px-Lakshmana_at_Srivaikundam.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lakshmana_at_Srivaikundam.jpg/330px-Lakshmana_at_Srivaikundam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lakshmana_at_Srivaikundam.jpg/500px-Lakshmana_at_Srivaikundam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">As Lakshmana, Shesha accompanied his lord in his <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a> avatar.</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Balarama,_elder_brother_Krishna_with_Hala_1830_CE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Balarama%2C_elder_brother_Krishna_with_Hala_1830_CE.jpg/250px-Balarama%2C_elder_brother_Krishna_with_Hala_1830_CE.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="261" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Balarama%2C_elder_brother_Krishna_with_Hala_1830_CE.jpg/330px-Balarama%2C_elder_brother_Krishna_with_Hala_1830_CE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Balarama%2C_elder_brother_Krishna_with_Hala_1830_CE.jpg/500px-Balarama%2C_elder_brother_Krishna_with_Hala_1830_CE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1968" data-file-height="2568" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">As Balarama, Shesha accompanied Vishnu in his <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> Avatar.</div></div></div></div></div> <p>Shesha is believed to have taken six incarnations on earth. During the <a href="/wiki/Satya_Yuga" title="Satya Yuga">Satya Yuga</a>, he came down in his original form to form a seat for Vishnu's avatar of <a href="/wiki/Narasimha" title="Narasimha">Narasimha</a>, who had incarnated to slay the impious <a href="/wiki/Hiranyakashipu" title="Hiranyakashipu">Hiranyakashipu</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Treta_Yuga" title="Treta Yuga">Treta Yuga</a>, Shesha took birth as <a href="/wiki/Lakshmana" title="Lakshmana">Lakshmana</a>, as Vishnu's (as <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a>) brother. Lakshmana is a very prominent character in the Ramayana, along with <a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a>. His consort, Nagalakshmi was born as <a href="/wiki/Urmila" title="Urmila">Urmila</a>, the sister of Sita.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/Dvapara_Yuga" title="Dvapara Yuga">Dvapara Yuga</a>, he is a stated to have incarnated as <a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a> again as a brother to Vishnu (as Krishna). This is often disputed by the original line-ups of the <a href="/wiki/Dashavatara" title="Dashavatara">Dasavatara</a>, where Balarama is also considered to be an incarnation of Vishnu. His consort was born as <a href="/wiki/Revati" title="Revati">Revati</a>, the daughter of King <a href="/wiki/Kakudmi" title="Kakudmi">Kakudmi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a>, according to <a href="/wiki/Sri_Vaishnavism" title="Sri Vaishnavism">Sri Vaishnava</a> tradition, he was born as <a href="/wiki/Patanjali" title="Patanjali">Patanjali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramanuja" title="Ramanuja">Ramanuja</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Manavala_Mamunigal" title="Manavala Mamunigal">Manavala Mamunigal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was not accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">God</a> during the Kali Yuga. Instead, he incarnated alone to spread devotion among the people, being a peaceful incarnation. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sri_Vaishnavism" title="Sri Vaishnavism">Sri Vaishnavism</a> also states that Balarama is an incarnation of both <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> and Shesha. In the <a href="/wiki/Bhagavad-Gita" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhagavad-Gita">Bhagavad Gita</a>, in the middle of the battlefield <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra" title="Kurukshetra">Kurukshetra</a>, Krishna, explaining his omnipresence, says: "Of <a href="/wiki/N%C4%81ga" title="Nāga">Nāgas</a>, I am Ananta" indicating the importance of Shesha. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gaudiya_Vaishnavism" title="Gaudiya Vaishnavism">Gaudiya Vaishnavism</a> states that Shesha incarnated as <a href="/wiki/Nityananda" title="Nityananda">Nityananda</a>, a friend and associate of <a href="/wiki/Chaitanya_Mahaprabhu" title="Chaitanya Mahaprabhu">Chaitanya Mahaprabhu</a>, who is described as an incarnation of <a href="/wiki/Lord_Krishna" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Krishna">Krishna</a>. According to the texts and scriptures of the <a href="/wiki/Gaudiya_Sampradaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaudiya Sampradaya">Gaudiya Sampradaya</a>, the appearance of <a href="/wiki/Nityananda_Prabhu" class="mw-redirect" title="Nityananda Prabhu">Nityananda Prabhu</a> was very similar to <a href="/wiki/Balarama" title="Balarama">Balarama</a> (incarnation of Shesha).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literature">Literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shesha&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Brahma_Purana" title="Brahma Purana">Brahma Purana</a> describes the attributes of Ananta:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Daityas and Dānavas are not capable of recounting his good qualities. He is honoured by Devas and celestial sages. He is spoken of as Ananta. He has a thousand hoods, and he is clearly bedecked in Svastika ornaments devoid of impurities. He illuminates all quarters by thousand jewels on his hoods. </p><p>For the welfare of the universe, he deprives the Asuras of their prowess. His eyes whirl and rove due to intoxication. He has only one earring at all times. </p><p>Wearing a crown and garlands he shines like a white mountain aflame with fire. </p><p>He is clad in blue garments. He is intoxicated with pride. He is resplendent with white garlands. He is lofty like the mountain of Kailāsa where the celestial Gaṅgā falls. He has placed his hand on the plough-share; he holds an excellent iron club. He is attended upon by the embodied splendour of Varuṇa. </p><p>At the end of the Kalpa, Rudra in the form of Saṅkarṣaṇa comes out of his mouth, blazing like the flame of poisonous fire and devours the three worlds. </p><p> He holds the entire sphere of the world rising above like a peak.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Brahma_Purana" title="Brahma Purana">Brahma Purana</a>, Chapter 19</cite></div></blockquote> <p>The Brahmanda Purana also described Shesha in Patala: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>With his two thousand eyes that have the reddish splendour of the rising sun and with his body that is white and glossy, he appears like the mountain. Kailāsa surrounded by clusters of flames. He has the white complexion like the Moon as well as the Kunda flowers. Hence the cluster of his eyes shines like the cluster of midday suns on the peak of the white Mountain (Śveta Parvata). </p><p>He has a huge terrible body. With it (resting) in his reclining pose on his couch, he appears like a thousand-peaked mountain of vast dimensions (resting) over the earth. </p><p> This (enormously) huge lord of serpents, himself of great splendour, is being attended upon by extremely wise and noble-souled great serpents of huge physique. He is the king of all serpents. He is Ananta, Śeṣa, of excessive brilliance.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Brahmanda_Purana" title="Brahmanda Purana">Brahmanda Purana</a>, Chapter 20</cite></div></blockquote><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vishnu_with_Shesha_Naga_-_Bronze_-_Showcase_11-1_-_Bronze_Gallery_-_Government_Museum_-_Mathura_2013-02-24_6635.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Vishnu_with_Shesha_Naga_-_Bronze_-_Showcase_11-1_-_Bronze_Gallery_-_Government_Museum_-_Mathura_2013-02-24_6635.JPG/250px-Vishnu_with_Shesha_Naga_-_Bronze_-_Showcase_11-1_-_Bronze_Gallery_-_Government_Museum_-_Mathura_2013-02-24_6635.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="368" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Vishnu_with_Shesha_Naga_-_Bronze_-_Showcase_11-1_-_Bronze_Gallery_-_Government_Museum_-_Mathura_2013-02-24_6635.JPG/330px-Vishnu_with_Shesha_Naga_-_Bronze_-_Showcase_11-1_-_Bronze_Gallery_-_Government_Museum_-_Mathura_2013-02-24_6635.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Vishnu_with_Shesha_Naga_-_Bronze_-_Showcase_11-1_-_Bronze_Gallery_-_Government_Museum_-_Mathura_2013-02-24_6635.JPG/500px-Vishnu_with_Shesha_Naga_-_Bronze_-_Showcase_11-1_-_Bronze_Gallery_-_Government_Museum_-_Mathura_2013-02-24_6635.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2502" data-file-height="4189" /></a><figcaption>Vishnu with Shesha Naga-ancient Bronze artefact in Government Museum Mathura</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata Purana</a> equates Shesha and Balarama: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The foremost manifestation of Lord Vishnu is Sankarṣana, who is known as Ananta. He is the origin of all incarnations within this material world. Previous to the appearance of Lord Shri Krishna, this original Sankarsana will appear as Baladeva, just to please the Supreme Lord Shri Krishna in His transcendental pastimes."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Purana" title="Bhagavata Purana">Bhagavata Purana</a>, 10.1.24</cite></div></blockquote><p> In the <a href="/wiki/Bhagavadgita" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhagavadgita">Bhagavad Gita</a> chapter 10, verse 29, <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> describes 75 of his common manifestations, and declares, <span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">"anantaś ca asmi nāgānāṁ"</i></span>: <i>Among Nāgas (a special class of serpents), I am the serpent-god Ananta</i>.</p><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerala_Folklore_Museum_2018-04-02l.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Kerala_Folklore_Museum_2018-04-02l.jpg/250px-Kerala_Folklore_Museum_2018-04-02l.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Kerala_Folklore_Museum_2018-04-02l.jpg/375px-Kerala_Folklore_Museum_2018-04-02l.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Kerala_Folklore_Museum_2018-04-02l.jpg/500px-Kerala_Folklore_Museum_2018-04-02l.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4980" data-file-height="3320" /></a><figcaption>Heads of Shesha at the Kerala Folklore Museum</figcaption></figure> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hampi3.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Narasimha, the man-lion incarnation of Vishnu seated on the coils of Shesha, with seven heads of Shesha forming a canopy. Statue at Vijayanagara."><img alt="Narasimha, the man-lion incarnation of Vishnu seated on the coils of Shesha, with seven heads of Shesha forming a canopy. Statue at Vijayanagara." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Hampi3.JPG/184px-Hampi3.JPG" decoding="async" width="184" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Hampi3.JPG/276px-Hampi3.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Hampi3.JPG/368px-Hampi3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2177" data-file-height="2960" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Narasimha" title="Narasimha">Narasimha</a>, the man-lion incarnation of Vishnu seated on the coils of Shesha, with seven heads of Shesha forming a canopy. Statue at <a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara" title="Vijayanagara">Vijayanagara</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bishnu.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Maha Vishnu sheltered by the five-headed Shesha, Parsurameswar Temple, Bhubaneswar"><img alt="Maha Vishnu sheltered by the five-headed Shesha, Parsurameswar Temple, Bhubaneswar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bishnu.jpg/250px-Bishnu.jpg" decoding="async" width="239" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Bishnu.jpg/500px-Bishnu.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="729" data-file-height="761" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mahavishnu" title="Mahavishnu">Maha Vishnu</a> sheltered by the five-headed Shesha, <a href="/wiki/Parsurameswar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Parsurameswar Temple">Parsurameswar Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shesha&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Palliyodam" title="Palliyodam">Palliyodam</a>, a type of large <a href="/wiki/Chundan_vallam" title="Chundan vallam">snake boat</a> built and used by <a href="/wiki/Aranmula_Parthasarathy_Temple" title="Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple">Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple</a> in Kerala for the annual water processions of <a href="/wiki/Aranmula_Boat_Race" title="Aranmula Boat Race">Uthrattathi Jalamela</a> and <a href="/wiki/Valla_Sadhya" title="Valla Sadhya">Valla Sadhya</a> has the legend that it was designed by <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a> and were made to look like Shesha.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Beyond_the_Indian_subcontinent_and_Hinduism">Beyond the Indian subcontinent and Hinduism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shesha&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Beyond the Indian subcontinent and Hinduism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Snake_worship" title="Snake worship">snake worship</a> traditions of <a href="/wiki/Tai_folk_religion" title="Tai folk religion">Tai folk religion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Animism" title="Animism">animism</a> in Thailand, he is a naga second order most revered figure, following Shri Sutho Naga (ปู่ศรีสุทโธ) of Kham Chanod Forest in <a href="/wiki/Ban_Dung_district" title="Ban Dung district">Ban Dung district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Udon_Thani_province" title="Udon Thani province">Udon Thani province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isan" title="Isan">Isan</a>, Thailand. Kham Chanod is considered the spiritual center of snake worship in Thai folk beliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> , His name and symbol are one of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Barge_Anantanakkharat" title="Royal Barge Anantanakkharat">Royal Barge Anantanakkharat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Royal_barge" title="Royal barge">royal barge</a> in Thailand.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Numerous shrines across Thailand are dedicated to he as a guardian deity, with one of the most notable being Shrine of the Venerable Naga Ananta Nakarat of <a href="/wiki/Mukdahan_province" title="Mukdahan province">Mukdahan province</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isan" title="Isan">Isan</a>. which is located in the area under Second <a href="/wiki/Thai%E2%80%93Lao_Friendship_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge">Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or Shrine of the Venerable Naga Ananta Nakarat opposite Suvarnabhumi Airport Police Station which is one of Shrine of four naga guardian regular of <a href="/wiki/Bang_Phli_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Bang Phli District">Bang Phli District</a> which are located in all four directions of <a href="/wiki/Suvarnabhumi_Airport" title="Suvarnabhumi Airport">Suvarnabhumi Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_names">Other names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shesha&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Sheshanaga</b> <i>(<b>Shesha</b> the serpent)</i></li> <li><b>Shesha</b> <i>(the first <b>Shesha</b>)</i></li> <li><b>Anantashesha</b> <i>(Endless <b>Shesha</b>)</i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Ananta_(infinite)" title="Ananta (infinite)">Ananta</a></b> <i>(endless/infinite)</i></li> <li>Alternative spellings: <b>Sesa</b>, <b>Shesha</b>, <b><span title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit transliteration"><i lang="sa-Latn">Śeṣa</i></span></b></li> <li><b>Shesha Sayana</b> or <b>Nagar Syana</b> means <b><a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a></b> who sleeps <i>(<b>Sayana</b>)</i> on <b>Sheshanaga</b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shesha&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6rmungandr" title="Jörmungandr">Jörmungandr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasa" title="Manasa">Manasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C4%81ga" title="Nāga">Nāga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagaradhane" title="Nagaradhane">Nagaradhane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouroboros" title="Ouroboros">Ouroboros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple" title="Padmanabhaswamy Temple">Padmanabhaswamy Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snake_worship" title="Snake worship">Snake worship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasuki" title="Vasuki">Vasuki</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shesha&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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