A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.751

c5.751

KADRŪ. A daughter of Daksha, and one of the thirteen that were married to Kasyapa. She was mother of “a thousand powerful many-headed serpents, the chief amongst whom were Sesha, Vāsuki, . . . and many other fierce and venomous serpents.” The Vishnu Purāna, from which this is taken, names twelve, the Vāyu Purāna forty. Her offspring bear the metronymic Kādraveya.