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  2. Nāga - Wikipedia

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    Naga also appear in television series such as Naaginn (2007-2009), Naagin (2015) and Adhuri Kahaani Hamari (2015-2016). In the 1998 film Jungle Boy, the Naga is depicted as a large cobra deity that grants the gift of understanding all languages to those who are pure of heart and punishes those who are not pure of heart in different ways.

  3. Vasuki - Wikipedia

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    Vasuki is one of the sons of the sage Kashyapa and Kadru. [5]He is accorded a significant role in the legend of Samudra Manthana.He is described to have allowed both the devas and the asuras to bind him to Mount Mandara, so that they could use him as their churning rope to extract the amrita from the Ocean of Milk.

  4. Takshaka - Wikipedia

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    A Naga in the race of Airavata is said to steal away the ear-rings (14,58). A king named Riksha in the race of Puru (a branch of Lunar Dynasty) is mentioned as marrying the daughter of a Naga in the race of Takshaka (1,95). Bhishma is compared in prowess to Naga Takshaka at (6,108). Takshaka snake means gliding snake in Hindi and Sanskrit ...

  5. List of Nāgas - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Naga the Serpent - Wikipedia

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    Naga the Serpent (白蛇のナーガ, Sāpento no Nāga) is a fictional character in the light novel, anime, manga, radio drama and game versions of Hajime Kanzaka's media franchise Slayers, who was introduced in Dragon Magazine in 1990.

  7. Shesha - Wikipedia

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    '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 .

  8. Sarpa Satra - Wikipedia

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    According to legend, Sarpa Satra or Snake sacrifice was a yagna performed by King Janamejaya of the Kuru Kingdom who had ascended to the throne of Hastinapura upon the death of his father Parikshit. The legend states that Parikshit, the lone descendant of the House of Pandu , son of Abhimanyu and grand son of Arjuna of the Mahabharata fame, had ...

  9. Himal and Nagaray - Wikipedia

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    He sees the animal and plans to spring a trap for his wife so that the snake will bite her. He returns home with the bag and gives it to his wife. The woman opens the bag as the serpent spring out of it and turns into a human boy. The couple raises the boy, named Nágray, and become rich. The boy shows incredible wisdom for his young age.