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Ananta is also a name of Shesha, the celestial snake, on which Vishnu reclines in the cosmic ocean. [ 3] In the Mahabharata, Ananta, or Shesha, is the son of Kashyapa, one of the Prajapatis, through Kadru as her eldest son. Kadru had asked her sons to stay suspended in the hair of Uchchaihshravas ’s tail who on refusing to do so were cursed ...
Other articles where Ananta is discussed: Hinduism: Cosmogony: …Vishnu) floated on the snake Ananta (“Endless”) on the primeval waters. From Narayana’s navel grew a lotus, in which the god Brahma was born reciting the four Vedas with his four mouths and creating the “Egg of Brahma,” which contains all the worlds. Other accounts refer to other demiurges, or…