Śeṣa
mythological figure · 5 works · 6 mentions · 7 anchored passages
Ādiśeṣa · serpent king · serpent Śeṣa · the Blessed One (teacher)
in the texts
Sāṃkhyatattvavivecana
Mythological king of serpents, cited as the foremost example of the serpent category of beings.
the serpents [range] from Śeṣa down to the water-snake;
As for what is heard—that the Four-faced [Brahmā] manifests from the navel-lotus, ears, eyes, and so on of Nārāyaṇa who reclines on Śeṣa—that is to be understood [as occurring] only in the daily creations, by the distinction of cosmic ages (kalpas).
Paramārthasāra
Traditional author of the ādhārakārikā, the base-verses that Abhinavagupta reworks into the Paramārthasāra.
The teacher answered him [in the manner of] the ādhārakārikā (Ādiśeṣa's base-verses Abhinavagupta recast);
Paramārthasāra
The teacher who answers the disciple's question and, per the colophon, the composer of the work; matches the corpus attribution to Ādiśeṣa.
Thus questioned by the disciple, the Blessed One, the [world's] support, said to him:
Having surveyed the whole science of Vedānta, Śeṣa, [who is] the support of the world, composed this Essence of Supreme Truth in eighty-five {{āryā|the mora-counting metre of the whole poem}} [verses].
Vīramitrodaya
The cosmic serpent, invoked as a figure of comparison for the brilliance of royal fame.
He resembled the mighty Bhīma, gladdening the world by crushing the wicked and fulfilling the desires of supplicants, his fame as white as the brilliance of the serpent king Ādiśeṣa.
Viṣṇu Smṛti
The great cosmic serpent upon whom Viṣṇu reclines in the Ocean of Milk.
Therein she saw Madhusūdana, resting upon the couch of Śeṣa.
Like the cast-off skin of the serpent Śeṣa, it was immensely vast and endless.
His lotus-face was hard to discern due to the radiance of the jewels on the hoods of the serpent Śeṣa, He was like a hundred moons, with the splendor of ten thousand suns.