Kadru

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Wife of Kaśyapa and mother of the great Nāga lineages, the Kādraveyas — Śeṣa, Vāsuki, Takṣaka and many others. They are not ordinary snakes but an entire supernatural civilisation with kings, dynasties, subterranean realms and dealings with devas and human kings.

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