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Ashlesha Nakshatra: The Serpent’s Embrace, 4 Padas, and True Remedies

Ashlesha Nakshatra - The Coiled Serpent

Kadrū, wife of the sage Kaśyapa, asked for a thousand serpent sons; her sister-wife Vinatā asked for two sons stronger than all of them. The sisters wagered on the colour of Uccaiḥśravas’s tail, the white horse from the churned ocean, and the loser would serve the winner. Kadrū ordered her sons to hang from the […]