Judaism, Christianity and Islam
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I. Sreekandeswaram, op.cit., p.1701 for "
":
[i.e.,
"the serpent-adorned one": Sivan], & p.1657 at
"Sivan": " ... his ornaments are serpents ... "
ii.
Mäakandapuranäm, pp.1 & 4:
"
" [i.e.,
Siva, the serpent adorned one]
II. For above serpent being primal serpent, see:
i. Sankarächärya, Sthothra Rathnangal [Sanskrit for
Hymnal Worship Pearls], p.55: Sivanämavalyashtakam [Sanskrit for Octet of
Major Siva Eponyms]: "
"
[the one with Seshan as halo]
(see glossary for Sankarächärya)
ii.
a. Sreekandeswaram, op.cit., p.1665: "
": see
[i.e. primal Seshan];
b. ibid., p.267: "":
(Ananthan)
c. op.cit., p.116:
"
": ... Väsuki; Sivan
...;
& d. ibid., p.1557: "Väsuki": one of the serpent octet
III. For serpent in bible book as being primal serpent, see so-called revelation (of J Lucifer) to John, chapter 12,‡ 9: "So down the great dragon was hurled, the original serpent ... " - New world translation, loc. cit., p.1331 (italics added); " ... the great dragon, serpent of the primal age, was flung down to earth; ... flung down to earth, ... " - Knox bible, ibid., p.268 (italics added)
[[Note stational position of serpent admitted herein as up and above earth. Compare "lord's" station rebelliously self-proclaimed to be the same at "genesis", chapter 11, ‡ 5-7: "But now the lord came DOWN to look at the city ... ; and he said, ' ... It would be well to go DOWN and throw confusion into the speech they use there ... '" (Knox bible, p.8) (italics added)
[More at corpus, p.
[But here see lord's abode admitted to be the gravitational centre of the earth at "genesis" 19, ‡ 24:
" ...
"
[(Translation: Jehovah rained DOWN sulphur and fire from his abode) - The holy [sic] bible [in Malayälam], p.16 (italics and emphasis added)] (see note i. at footnote 30 below)]]
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