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he is usually a primordial being created by Vishnu.

His name means "he who remains", from the Sanskrit root sis, because even as the world is destroyed at the end of each kalpa, Shesha remains as he is.

Form

Shesha is generally depicted with a massive form that floats coiled through space, or upon the Ocean of Milk, to form the bed upon which Vishnu lies. Sometimes,

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