Nagalakshmi

Nagalakshmi
Queen of the Serpents[1]
AffiliationVaishnavism
AbodeVaikuntha
TextsGarga Samhita
Genealogy
SpouseShesha

Nagalakshmi (Sanskrit: नागलक्ष्मी, romanizednāgalakṣmī) is a serpent goddess and the consort of Shesha, a nagaraja (king of the serpents) and one of the two mounts of Vishnu featured in Hindu mythology. She is considered to be the personification of the divine ocean called the Kshira Sagara.[2]

  1. ^ Handa, Om Chanda (2004), Naga Cults and Traditions in the Western Himalaya, Indus Publishing, ISBN 978-8173871610
  2. ^ Garga Saṁhita. Rasbihari Lal & Sons. 2006. ISBN 978-81-87812-98-2.