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Manasa, the Hindu goddess of Nagas and curer of snake-bite and sister of Vasuki; Mucalinda, a nāga in Buddhism who protected the Gautama Buddha from the elements after his enlightenment; Naga Seri Gumum, who lives in Tasik Chini, a freshwater lake in Pahang, Malaysia; Padmavati, the Nāgī queen & companion of Dharanendra
Manasa (Sanskrit: मनसा, romanized: Manasā) is a Hindu goddess of snakes. [1] She is worshipped mainly in Bihar, Odisha, Bengal, Jharkhand, South Assam and other parts of northeastern India and in Uttarakhand, chiefly for the prevention and cure of snakebite, and also for fertility and prosperity.
'The snake Shesha') and Adishesha (Sanskrit: आदिशेष, romanized: Ādiśeṣa, lit. 'First Shesha'), is a serpentine demigod ( naga ) and king of the serpents ( Nagaraja ), as well as a primordial being of creation in Hinduism .
Below is a list of Nāgas, a group of serpentine and draconic deities in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. They are often guardians of hidden treasure and many are upholders of Dharma. Nāgas are male while Nāgīs or Nāginīs are female. Religious traditions that feature these entries are sorted using the following key: ॐ - Hinduism; ☸ ...
The Caduceus, symbol of God Ningishzida, on the libation vase of Sumerian ruler Gudea, circa 2100 BCE.. Snake worship is devotion to serpent deities.The tradition is nearly universal in the religions and mythologies of ancient cultures, [1] where snakes were seen as the holders of knowledge, strength, and renewal.
Surasa is a Hindu goddess, who is described as the mother of the nagas (serpents). [7] Susna is a horned serpent-demon who aids the Asuras in their war against the Deva. The serpent also guards the essence of Amrita in its stomach. Susna is also associated with drought. Shesha is the nagaraja or king of all nāgas.
Vasuki (Sanskrit: वासुकि, romanized: Vāsuki) is the king of the nagas in Hinduism. He is described as having a gem called Nagamani (serpent's ornament) on his head. Shesha, another king of the nagas and the bed on which Vishnu rests, is his elder brother, [3] and Manasa, another naga, is his sister.
A Nagaraja (Sanskrit: नागराज nāgarāja, lit. ' king of the nagas ') is a king of the various races of the nāga, the divine or semi-divine, half-human, half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (), and can occasionally take human form. [1]