Surasā
Sign in to saveSurasa also Siras is a Hindu goddess, who is described as the mother of the Uragas (primordial reptilians). Her most popular tale appears in the Hindu epic Ramayana, where she is tasked to test the god Hanuman on his way to Lanka.
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- Hindu
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- Mother of Snakes
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- Kashyapa
- Deity.parents
- Daksha
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- Ramayana
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- Hanuman flies into the mouth of Surasa. From the mural of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Bangkok, Thailand.
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Surasa also Siras is a Hindu goddess, who is described as the mother of the Uragas (primordial reptilians). Her most popular tale appears in the Hindu epic Ramayana, where she is tasked to test the god Hanuman on his way to Lanka.
==Birth and children== thumb|337x337px|Hanuman encounters Surasa, depicted in top register. Simhika and Lankini in mid and lower registers. In the Hindu epic Ramayana, Surasa is one of the 12 daughters of Daksha, who are married to the sage Kashyapa. She became the mother of the uragas (a class of serpents), while her co-wife and sister Kadru gave birth to nagas, another class of snakes. Vasuki, Takshaka, Airavata and other sons of Surasa are described to live in Bhogavati.