Manasa, the serpent goddess, was born from Shiva's mind or seed in Bengali tradition, making her a daughter of the great ascetic and granting her authority over snakes and their venom.
⚠ The Manasamangal Kavya names Shiva as Manasa's father, but some Puranic sources attribute her parentage to the sage Kashyapa instead.
Manasa is a Naga goddess worshipped for protection from snakebite. As a daughter of Kashyapa and sister of the serpents, she bridges the Naga race and the divine pantheon.
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