naga
नाग nāgaA serpent-being, part human and part cobra, dwelling in water and the underworld realm of Patala and guarding treasure and the sources of water. The greatest nagas are Shesha (Vishnu's couch) and Vasuki (the churning-rope).
Where this term appears
- The Kumbh Mela Temples
They guard their traditions fiercely, and the order of their processions to the water is a matter of long-standing right. At the head of the bathing march come the Naga sadhus .
- The Twelve Jyotirlingas Temples
Nageshwar, "Lord of the Nagas," dwells in the Darukavana , the forest of the legend ( Kotirudra Samhita 29 to 30).
- Cousins Across Cultures Treatise
…hism carried Indian religion across Asia, it took the yakshas and the nagas with it, and they turn up as guardian-spirits in the art and story of every Buddhist land from Sri Lanka to Japan; many Tibetan dharma…
- Earth and Water Treatise
These are the yakshas and the nagas, and they are among the oldest divine beings in the subcontinent.
- The Court of Vishnu Treatise
And Garuḍa is defined by a single, primordial enmity: he is the sworn devourer of the nāgas , the serpents.
- The Dashanami Order Philosophy
…e akharas , the organised regiments of ascetics, including the famous Naga sadhus, the warrior-renunciates who in earlier centuries took up arms to defend pilgrimage routes and monasteries.
- A walk down the ghats Treatise
Jayaswal once proposed that the legend preserves a real event, ten great royal sacrifices staged by the Naga kings in the early centuries of the Common Era, and it is offered here as the scholarly guess it is.
- The Monsoon and the Midnight Birth Treatise
The serpents in the rain On the fifth tithi of the bright fortnight of Shravana , in the thick of the monsoon, comes Nag Panchami , the festival of the nagas , the serpents.