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A Random Day; Ben "djkaktus" Sisson; Joreth (25 March 2017).
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Sacred Play: Ritual Levity and Humor in South Asian
Religions
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describes 75 of his common manifestations, and declares,
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Raj, Selva J.; Dempsey, Corinne G. (12 January 2010).
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2325:"The Magnitude of Netherworlds [Chapter 19]"
2190:(in Sanskrit). Vyāsa Bālābakṣa Śodhasaṃsthāna. 2000.
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1083:'Remainder'), also known by his epithets
2468:Image of ancient Vishnu and Shesha in deity form
2256:"Daughter of King Raivata and wife of Balarama."
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2230:LakshmiLa : The Eternal Love Story
2203:"Urmila, Urmilā, Ūrmilā: 9 definitions"
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2045:. State University of New York Press.
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2458:Ananta Shesha - The Legendary Serpent
2187:Śrīgargasaṃhitā: Kīrtibhāṣāsārasahitā
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1798:sheltered by the five-headed Shesha,
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2111:. Infobase Publishing. p. 288.
1649:describes the attributes of Ananta:
1378:Sankarshana is also one of the four
2323:www.wisdomlib.org (17 March 2018).
1839:and were made to look like Shesha.
1599:, in the middle of the battlefield
1363:, Shesha is named Sankarshana, the
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2304:from the original on 27 March 2023
2201:www.wisdomlib.org (24 June 2012).
2164:. Rasbihari Lal & Sons. 2006.
1204:, brother of Vishnu's incarnation
1192:, brother of Vishnu's incarnation
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2227:Agarwal, Shubhi (20 April 2022).
2134:Concept of Sri Andal's Tiruppavai
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2069:The Triumph of the Snake Goddess
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1114:'The snake Shesha') and
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2269:Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide
2266:Dalal, Roshen (18 April 2014).
2066:Haq, Kaiser (12 October 2015).
3024:Mythical many-headed creatures
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2072:. Harvard University Press.
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1749:"anantaś ca asmi nāgānāṁ"
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2108:Encyclopedia of Hinduism
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2132:Chenni Padmanabhan.
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48:King of the Serpents
1855:SCP Foundation wiki
1611:Gaudiya Vaishnavism
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809:Satyabhinava Tirtha
3029:Legendary serpents
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1544:Balarama
1432:Marriage
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1384:Vasudeva
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1306:Takshaka
1290:Kashyapa
1254:Narayana
1229:Sanskrit
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1202:Balarama
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1159:Hinduism
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794:Ramanuja
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734:Namadeva
642:Sant Mat
637:Ramsnehi
525:Naradiya
485:Ramayana
369:Consorts
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140:Siblings
132:(mother)
126:(father)
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2923:Puranas
2911:Atharva
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2862:Vahanas
2832:Dikpāla
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2680:Parvati
2675:Lakshmi
2665:Tridevi
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2556:Chandra
2551:Ashvins
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1744:Krishna
1738:In the
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1556:Kakudmi
1538:During
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1489:Avatar.
1487:Krishna
1473:avatar.
1454:Avatars
1416:to the
1410:Puranas
1399:Gaudiya
1365:tamasic
1359:In the
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2999:Nāgas
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2891:Vedas
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2702:Durga
2692:Bhumi
2687:Aditi
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