Hindu snake goddess. Her name comes from the Sanskrit Manas, meaning “mind.” She is the nagasvari, “Queen of the Snakes.” People pray to her for protection from snake bite.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Pamela Chen and Samantha Blossom, authors of the new The Mandarin Tree.
As modern Asian American mystics, we love to work with the heavenly creatures, or what you may know as mystical beings in...