• Jaratkaru (Sanskrit: जरत्कारु, romanized: Jaratkāru) is a rishi (sage) in Hinduism. He is the husband of the serpent-goddess Manasa and the father of...
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    sister of Shesha and Vasuki, king of Nāgas (serpents), and wife of sage Jaratkaru. She is the mother of the sage Astika. She is also known as Vishahari...
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    Hinduism. He is the son of Jaratkaru by the serpent goddess, Manasa. According to the Devi Bhagavata Purana, a sage named Jaratkaru was wandering a forest...
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    intervened to stop the yagna; Astika's mother manasa was a Naga and father was Jaratkaru a saintly Brahmin. Janamejaya had to listen to the words of the learned...
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    Brahma informing the other deities that the son born to their sister named Jaratkaru and a sage who shared the same name would be their saviour. Vasuki made...
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  • Vadavagni. A legend from the Devi Bhagavata Purana narrates that the sage Jaratkaru was once travelling through the forest, when he came across his pitrs...
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  • believed to be alive even today. Astika was a rishi, and he was a son of Jaratkaru by the serpent goddess Manasa – a sister of the great serpent king Vasuki...
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    Manasa is a snake goddess who was also called Jaratkaru and wife of Brahmin sage also named Jaratkaru. On this occasion, sh twig of manasa so sale plant...
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  • biological-son of Pandu and Kunti; incarnation of Nara. Astika: son of Sage Jaratkaru and snake-goddess Manasa, sister of Vasuki. Bhima: spiritual-son of Vayu;...
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  • that of a Vedic scholar born to the goddess Mānasā ('Mind') and the sage Jaratkaru. The terms Āstika and Nāstika have been used to classify various Indian...
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    Devi Manasa with her husband Jaratkaru & son Astik flanked by Nagas, 11th century Pala period statue from Bengal...
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  • folk goddess of snakes, sister of Vasuki and wife of sage Jagatkāru (Jaratkāru). Paravataksha, his sword causes earthquakes and his roar caused thunder...
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  • Bharadwaj Gautam Haryatma Vajshrava Trinbindhu Valmiki Shakti Parashara Jaratkaru Krishna Dwaipayana Ashwatthama, Drona's son (next Dvapara Yuga) From Kurma...
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    fire, Astika, a young boy well versed in scriptures, son of the sage Jaratkaru intervened with Janamejaya. Astika ensured that the Sarpa Satra was stopped...
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    ancient classic epic, the Mahabharata, includes the story of an ascetic, Jaratkaru who sees his ancestors hanging upside down in purgatory because he has...
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