Shesha
![Idol of Shesha, Kathmandu](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Nag_Devta_or_Nag_Sthan_Sesh_Narayan_Dachhinkali_Kathmandu_Nepal_Rajesh_Dhungana_%283%29.jpg)
The Narayana form of Vishnu is often depicted as resting on Shesha, accompanied by his consort Lakshmi. Shesha is considered as one of the two mounts of Vishnu alongside Garuda. He is said to have descended upon Earth in the following human forms or incarnations: Lakshmana, brother of Vishnu's incarnation Rama during the Treta Yuga, and according to some traditions, as Balarama, brother of Vishnu's incarnation Krishna during the Dvapara Yuga. According to the Mahabharata (Adi Parva), his father was Kashyapa and his mother Kadru, though in other accounts, he is usually a primordial being created by Vishnu.
His name means "he who remains", from the Sanskrit root ''śiṣ'', because even as the world is destroyed at the end of each kalpa, Shesha remains as he is. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 2058, 2001
Publisher: चौखम्भा संस्कृत संस्थान / Caukhambhā Saṃskṛta Saṃsthāna
Superior document: Kāśī Saṃskṛta Granthamālā 83