Manasā
deity earth Hindu single tradition · 8
Manasā, also called Mansa Devi, is a Hindu folk goddess of snakes. She is the sister of Vasuki and wife of sage Jagatkāru. She is the mother of Astika.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Worshipped during Naga Panchami for her role in saving the snakes.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Paravataksha, Surasa, Susna, Śiva, Mahākāla, Máni, Mahodara, Mahāmanasvī, Mahāpadma, Mahauṣadhi, Manasvin, Maṇināga, Meruśrī, Mṛgaśīrṣa, Mṛgila, Mṛṣṇāda, Mucilinda, Mudgara, Mukhakarā, Vasuki, Janguli, Kirata-giri, Behula, Lakshminder, Ulupi, Airavata, Maharṣi Kaśyapa, Śiva, Mahādeva, Takshaka, Nāgas, Kaliya, Karkotaka, Indra, Krishna
- manifests as
- Jagad Gaurī, Śaivī, Vaiṣṇavī, Nageśvarī, Nāga Bhaginī, Viṣahari, Siddha Yoginī, Jaratkaru, Swan
- parent of
- Astika
- served by
- Neta
- enemy of
- Chandi, Chand Sadagar, Anirudha, Lakhinder, Uṣas
- child of
- Maharṣi Kaśyapa, Kaśyapa
Mentioned by
- Nāgas
- Kaliya
- Karkotaka
- Indra
- Krishna
- Neta
- Chandi
- Chand Sadagar
- Anirudha
- Lakhinder
- Uṣas
- Neto
- Hasan
- Maharṣi Kaśyapa
- Kaśyapa
- Śrī Kṛṣṇa
and 2 more
Sources
Source passages
“Manasā, also Mansa Devi, is a Hindu folk goddess of snakes, sister of Vasuki and wife of sage Jagatkāru (Jaratkāru).”
#4684 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Manasā is the mind-born daughter of Maharṣi Kaśyapa; hence she is named Manasā; or it may be She who plays with the mind is Manasā. Or it may be She who meditates on God with her mind and gets rapture in Her meditation of God is named Manasā.”
#10196 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Manasā - A Nāga queen ॐ”
#34908 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Manasā is the mind-born daughter of Maharṣi Kaśyapa; hence she is named Manasā...She is named Siddha Yoginī”
#35220 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5