Hindu Medicine c7.130

c7.130

Vāsuki, however, through his far-reaching divine insight, became aware of this discomfiture and implored the goddess Manasā for help. Manasā is the supreme female representation of serpent-power, the divine mother of serpents. She is regarded as the sister of the cosmic snake “Endless” (Ananta, Śeṣa), the cosmic waters which in their depths support the universe.