So, a name for my snake
Feb. 9th, 2011 08:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Who is still not happy about how bloody cold it is, even though his cage seems to be hovering around 75 degrees:
Sheshanaga, Hindu for Shesha the Serpent, beloved of Vishnu
Ananta, Hindu for "Eternal", as in the snake that encompasses the world and will remain when the world is destroyed.
I've asked my snake, but he's not giving me a response. Ananta reminds me of Anata, which is Japanese for "you" and a term of endearment a wife might call her husband. But that might be a little, well, weird. Sheshanaga is a lordly name, and when I've seen him move around, he does have a noble air to him.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Am I degrading into a crazy snake lady?
Sheshanaga, Hindu for Shesha the Serpent, beloved of Vishnu
Ananta, Hindu for "Eternal", as in the snake that encompasses the world and will remain when the world is destroyed.
I've asked my snake, but he's not giving me a response. Ananta reminds me of Anata, which is Japanese for "you" and a term of endearment a wife might call her husband. But that might be a little, well, weird. Sheshanaga is a lordly name, and when I've seen him move around, he does have a noble air to him.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Am I degrading into a crazy snake lady?
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Date: 2011-02-10 01:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-10 01:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-10 11:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-10 04:55 am (UTC)Nāga is Sanskrit for snake.
Naga-raja is Sanskrit for ‘King of Snakes’.
The Female Snake God is called as Naga-rani and the Male God as Naga-rajan (The Snake Gods of Hinduism)
Anantha, Vasuki, Takshaka, Padma, Mahapadma, Gulika, Shamghapala and Karkkodaka are the Ashta-nagas ("Eight Great Naga Kings")
"Shesha, Adi-shesha, Sheshanaag is the king of all nagas, one of the primal beings of creation, and according to the Bhagavata Purana, an avatar of the Supreme God known as Sankarshan. Shesha is said to hold all the planets of the Universe on his hoods and to constantly sing the glories of Vishnu from all his mouths. He is sometimes referred to as "Ananta-Shesha" which means "Endless Shesha" and as "Adi-shesha", which means First snake. It is said that when Adi-Shesha uncoils the time moves and creation takes place. When he coils back, the universe ceases to exist."
Ba-la-ra-ma (Strong Rama) is known as being a manifestation of Shesha, the serpent on whom Vishnu rests.
Va-su-ki is a great King of the nagas and has a gem (Nagamani) on his head. The most famous legend in Hinduism in which Vasuki took part was the incident of Samudra manthan, the churning of the ocean of milk. In this legend, Vasuki allowed the devas (gods) and the asuras (demons) to bind him to Mount Mandar and use him as their churning rope to extract the ambrosia of immortality from the ocean of milk.
Tak-sha-ka (Sanskrit: तक्षक, təkshəkə) was one of the Nagas mentioned in the epic Mahābhārata
She-sha-na-ga is a good name. I like Va-su-ki too. A-nan-ta is also good.
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Date: 2011-02-10 01:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-02-11 02:49 am (UTC)Name it Badger.
Middle name: Mushroom.
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Date: 2011-02-12 12:46 am (UTC)