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Manasa (Sanskrit: मनसा, romanized: Manasā) is a Hindu goddess of snakes. [1] She is worshipped mainly in Bihar , Odisha , Bengal , Jharkhand , South Assam and other parts of northeastern India and in Uttarakhand , chiefly for the prevention and cure of snakebite, and also for fertility and prosperity.
Depiction of Manasā, the snake-goddess in 20th century Bengali popular art. Manasamangal Kāvya (Bengali: মনসামঙ্গল কাব্য) is recognized as the oldest of the Bengali Mangal-Kāvyas, chronicling the establishment of the snake-goddess Manasa's worship in Bengal. The goddess holds alternative names such as Bisahari ...
Despite having good harvests, the local people were worried due to the excessive presence of snakes in that region. So they always prayed to Maa Manasa, the snake goddess in Hinduism in their minds. In the months of "Sravana" and "Bhadra", they worshipped Maa Manasa on Tuesdays and Saturdays to keep them protected from snakes.
Each strain is composed by more than one poet or group of poets who are on the whole the worshipper of the god or goddess concerning their verses. The Mangal-Kāvya tradition is an archetype of the synthesis between the Vedic and the popular folk culture of India. Lila Ray elaborates, "Indigenous myths and legends inherited from Indo-Aryan ...
Manasa is the goddess of the snakes. Astika is a half-Brahmin and half-naga sage. Patanjali was a sage and author of the Yoga Sutras, and was said to be the embodiment of Shesha, the divine serpent who forms Vishnu's couch. Takshaka was the ruler of Khandava forest who later killed Parikshit as a revenge against the Pandavas for burning the forest.
Parasurama later installed the idols of Goddess Manasa, Anantha and Vasuki at Mannarassala (near Harippadu in Alappuzha district) and Vettikkottu (near Kayamkulam in Alappuzha district) and started worshipping them. The Brahmins also worshipped Goddess Manasa, Anantha and Vasuki and the pleased snake deities made Kerala suitable for living. [2]
Goddesses depicted as snakes or having a snake theme in their depiction and worship. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Karkotaka, a naga king in Indian mythology who controls weather, that lived in a forest near Nishadha Kingdom and stung Nala at the request of Indra; Paravataksha, his sword causes earthquakes and his roar caused thunder. Manasa, the Hindu goddess of Nagas and curer of snake-bite and sister of Vasuki