Śeṣa, śeṣin
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By Swami Harshananda
Sometimes transliterated as: Sesa, sesin, ZeSa, ZeSin, shesha, sheshin
Śeṣa, śeṣin literally means ‘part and whole’.
In the Viśiṣṭādvaita Vedānta, the jīva[1] is denotes as part.[2] of Brahman. It is called śeṣa and Brahman Himself as Seṣin.[3]
References
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore