Jaratkaru

Jaratkaru Jaratkaru is a Rishi (sage) in Hindu mythology. He is the husband of the serpent-goddess Manasa and father of their son Astika. Jaratkaru is described as a great learned sage who practises severe asceticism. Though he wants to remain celibate, he marries Manasa on persuasion of his dead ancestors, who are doomed to fall to hell…

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