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Nāga

In various Asian religious traditions, the Nāgas (Sanskrit: नाग, romanized: Nāga) are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (Patala), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art. Furthermore, nāgas are also known as dragons and water spirits. A female nāga is…

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Abode
Patala
Devanagari
नाग
Texts
Mahabharata, Puranas
Venerated in
Hinduism, Buddhism

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Nāga

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related to Literature · 54
Nāga → Adishesha, Airavata, Barbarian, Bodhisattva, Bowl, Buddhahood, Buddhism, Chinese, Conan, Devadatta, Fantastic Beasts, God, Grindlewald, Harry Potter, Her, Howard, However, In, In Rudyard Kipling's, In The God
related to Examples · 52
Nāga → Aceh, Anantashayana, Antaboga, Arjuna, Balinese, Buddhism, Buddhist, Burmese, Chinese, Churning, DharanendraShwe Nabay, Dragon King, Gautama Buddha, Hindu, Indian, Indonesia, IndraParavataksha, Javanese, Journey, Kaliya
related to Film and television · 46
Nāga → Adhuri Kahaani Hamari, Argost, Batman, Dark Shadows, Destination Truth, Devi, Dragon, Earth, Ek Anokhi Kahani, Hisss, In, Jaani Dushman, Jungle Boy, Kur, Last Dragon, Leviathan, Manisawat, Many, Naag, Naagin
related to Gallery · 33
Nāga → Anjali, Anouvong's Wat Sisaket, BaliNāga, Bangkok, Bhubaneswar, Bihar, CE, Deogarh, East JavaNāga, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaManinaga, IndiaNāga, Jainism, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Kullu, Kushan, Madhya Pradesh, Madhya PradeshTirthankara Parshvanatha, Nagini, Odisha
related to Hinduism · 29
Nāga → Ancient Sanskrit, Berinag, Both, Garuḍa, Himalaya, Hindu, However, In, Kashmir, Kathmandu, Kullu Valley, Mahabharata, Mahābhārata, Milk, Naga-loka, Naiṇī Devī, Nilamata Purana, Nāgas, Ocean, Patala-loka
related to Cambodia · 23
Nāga → According, As, Cambodia, CE, Chinese, During, Funan, Indian, Kambujadeśa, Kampuchea, Kang Tai, Kaundinya, Khmer, Liuye, Neang Neak, Preah Thong, Soma, Soma's, Stories, The
related to Indonesia · 23
Nāga → Balinese, Candi Nāga, Central Java, During, Early, Hindu-Javanese, Ijo, In Borobudur, In East Java, In Javanese, In Sanskrit, Indic, Indonesia, It, Java, Javanese, Jawi, Penataran, Prambanan, Sambisari
related to Thailand · 21
Nāga → According, Buddhism, Common, Fine Arts Department, In November, Laos, Mekong, Mekong River, Mon, Nak Vasuki, Nakkharat, Nan River, Nāgas, Phaya Nak, Phaya Nāga, RTGS, Thai, Thailand, The, The Mekong
related to External links · 13
Nāga → Angkor Wat, BuddhismMekong River Commission, Cambodianagas, Hinduism, Kanoksilpa, Nagas, Nagiana, Naginis, Nong Khai, Pali CanonnagasImage, Serpent Figures, SerpentsDepictions, Seven-Headed Nāganagas
related to Laos · 13
Nāga → An, Anouvong, Garuḍa, Lao, Laos, Laotian, Mekong, San Leupphasun, Thai, Thailand, The, The Nāga, Vientiane

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nāgas also thai form human depicted khmer believed water snake named naga king thailand serpents buddhism often serpent hinduism earth

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NāgaAbodePatala1.00infobox
NāgaDevanagariनाग1.00infobox
NāgaTextsMahabharata, Puranas1.00infobox
NāgaVenerated inHinduism, Buddhism1.00infobox
Nāgais awealthy underworld deity0.90text
Nāgais amythical creature with long-standing beliefs and connections to the Thai people0.90text
the Nagavamshiinstance ofCommunities0.80text
Khmerinstance ofCommunities0.80text
Sri Lankan Tamils claim descent from this raceinstance ofCommunities0.80text
sarpainstance ofsharing this broader meaning with other common Sanskrit synonyms0.80text
the Mahabharatainstance ofwhich is later drained.Ancient Sanskrit texts0.80text
the Ramayanainstance ofwhich is later drained.Ancient Sanskrit texts0.80text

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