Sesha

The united strength of the creatures (such as Sesha, the Tortoise, and the huge Elephant), and of many Seshas too, became capable of supporting the earth with her mountains, burdened as she was with the weight of the Danavas.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

The united strength of the creatures (such as Sesha, the Tortoise, and the huge Elephant), and of many Seshas too, became capable of supporting the earth with her mountains, burdened as she was with the weight of the Danavas.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

Brahma the creator is born out of and rests for support on the recumbent figure of Vishnu lying on the folds of Sesha.

Archive 2008-10-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

Brahma the creator is born out of and rests for support on the recumbent figure of Vishnu lying on the folds of Sesha.

An alternating rhythm of repose and activity characterises the life of the universe Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

"Sacrifice" would have been a much stronger episode if we could have sympathized with Sesha or been swayed by her argument, but not since the death of Admiral Cain have Galactica's writers chosen to give us such a complicated villain.

News From the Bizarro-verse and Other "Sacrifice" Thoughts Abigail Nussbaum 2006

Granted, he had better material to work with - and it really says something about Sesha that she makes Tom Zarek look reasonable - but the writers deliberately and, in my opinion, unjustifiably chose to make Apollo a passive participant in the hostage situation, instead of having him once again try to resolve it from within.

News From the Bizarro-verse and Other "Sacrifice" Thoughts Abigail Nussbaum 2006

First there's Sesha and her friends, who genuinely believe that they're going to get somewhere by taking people hostage and threatening to shoot them.

Archive 2006-02-01 Abigail Nussbaum 2006

A more effective death would have been when Sesha first pointed the gun at him and Ellen Tigh - before Adama backed down.

News From the Bizarro-verse and Other "Sacrifice" Thoughts Abigail Nussbaum 2006

As many commenters have already said, every single person in the fleet has lost someone, and the episode fails to make us feel for Sesha and her compatriots--the unfortunate flashbacks of Ray's death are simply overkill, and frankly do more to raise questions about the writers' priorities.

Archive 2006-02-01 Abigail Nussbaum 2006

"Sacrifice" would have been a much stronger episode if we could have sympathized with Sesha or been swayed by her argument, but not since the death of Admiral Cain have Galactica's writers chosen to give us such a complicated villain.

Archive 2006-02-01 Abigail Nussbaum 2006