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    See also akalkala, akarkara.


    Puranic Encyclopedia

    p. 21, col. 2.
    AKARKKARA . A serpent, son of Kadru.

    1) Genealogy. Descended from Viṣṇu in this order:

    Brahmā-Marīci-Kaśyapa-Akarkkara.

    2) Birth. Kaśyapa married the eight daughters of

    Dakṣa named Aditi, Diti, Danu, Kālikā, Tāmrā,

    Krodhavaśā, Manu and Analā. Krodhavaśā got ten

    sons. One of them is Kadru. Ananta and Akarkkara

    were born of Kadru. (Śloka 16, Chapter 35, Ādi Parva,

    M.B.).