Shesha
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Shesha
The serpent is a tremendously important figure in all the planting cultures of the world. It is associated with the power of life to throw off death because the serpent can shed its skin and be born again; it sloughs its skin, just as the moon sloughs its shadow.
Joseph Campbell • Goddesses
This association with wisdom also appears in the name Buddha, which appears as a name of Ganesha in the second verse of the Ganesha Purana version of the Ganesha Sahasranama.[34] The positioning of this name at the beginning of the Ganesha Sahasranama indicates that the name was of importance. Bhaskararaya's commentary on the Ganesha Sahasranama... See more
Consorts of Ganesha
“Buddhist myth of a lake at the Earth’s center, with each animal (bull, lion, elephant, and horse) channeling a stream through its mouth to one of the four corners of the world.”
The Yakshas (Sanskrit: यक्ष, IAST: Yakṣa , Pali: Yakkha ) in Mythology are a broad class of nature spirits, usually benevolent, but sometimes mischievous or capricious, connected with water, fertility, trees, the forest, treasure and wilderness.[4][5] They appear in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist texts, as well as ancient and medieval era temples of Sout... See more