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| caption = The snake sacrifice of Janamejaya, as Astika (boy in red) stops the king<br />
| family = [[Jaratkaru]] (father)<br/>[[Manasa]] (mother)<br />
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'''Astika''' was an ancient [[Hindu]] [[rishi]] (sage), and he was a son of [[Jaratkaru]] by the serpent goddess [[Manasa]] - a sister of the great serpent king [[Vasuki (snake)|Vasuki]]. According to the ''[[Mahabharata]]'', he saved the life of a serpent [[Takshaka]], the king of snakes, when the king [[Janamejaya II|Janamejaya]] organized a snake sacrifice known as [[Sarpa Satra]], where he made great sacrifices of serpents, to avenge for the death of his father [[Parikshit]]<ref>Son of [[Abhimanyu]], who in turn was a son of [[Arjuna]].</ref> due to snakebite of Takshaka. Ultimately, he induced and prevailed upon the king to end his persecution of the serpent race.<ref>{{cite book|title=India through the ages|url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada|last=Gopal|first=Madan|year= 1990| page= [https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/72 72]|editor=K.S. Gautam|publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref> That day was [[Shukla Paksha]] [[Panchami]] in [[Shravan]] and is since celebrated as the festival of [[Nag Panchami]].{{sfn|Garg|1992|p=743}}<br />
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*''[[Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend]]'' ({{ISBN|0-500-51088-1}}) by Anna L. Dallapiccola<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*{{cite book|last=Garg|first=Gaṅgā Rām|title=Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0U2QRpDv2KMC&pg=PA743|year=1992|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-376-4}}<br />
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