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In Hindu mythology, Sesha is a naga (serpent). His massive form floats coiled in space, or on the universal ocean, to form the bed on which Vishnu lies. He is one of the primal beings of creation, and is closely associated with Vishnu. His name means "that which remains", from the Sanskrit root shiş, because when the world is destroyed at the end of the kalpa, Shesha remains. Occasionally, Shesha is shown as a seven headed snake. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Sesha Naga is the gigantic, divine serpent upon whom Lord Vishnu, the Supreme God rests in Vaikunta. ... A Hindu is an adherent of Hinduism, the predominant religious, philosophical and cultural systems of Bharat (India) and Nepal. ... In South Asian mythology, the nagas (snake) are an ancient race of snake-humans that brought fertility to their venerators; they were especially popular in southern India. ... For other uses of the name Vishnu, see Vishnu (disambiguation). ... Sanskrit ( संस्कृतम्) is a classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. ... The root is the primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. ... KalPa, short for Kalevan Pallo, is a Finnish ice hockey team based at Kuopion jäähalli (capacity 5165), Kuopio. ...

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According to the Mahabharata (Adiparva), his father was Kasyapa and his mother Kadru. The Mahabharata (Devanagari: महाभारत, phonetically Mahābhārata - see note), sometimes just called Bharata, is one of the two major ancient Sanskrit epics of India, the other being the Ramayana. ... This article is about the Hindu god Kasyapa. ...

Alternative spelling: Sesa. The name is written Śeṣa in IAST transliteration. IAST, or International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration is the academic standard for writing the Sanskrit language with the Latin alphabet and very similar to National Library at Calcutta romanization standard being used with many Indic scripts. ...

Other names: Seshanaga or Shesh Nag (Sesha the serpent), Adisesha (the first Sesha), Anantasesha (Endless Sesha), Ananta (endless).