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The Naga dynasty is known mainly from the coins issued by its rulers, and from brief mentions in literary texts and inscriptions of the other dynasties. [4] According to the Vayu and the Brahmanda Puranas, nine Naga kings ruled Padmavati (or Champavati), and seven Naga kings ruled Mathura, before the Guptas.
Padmavati, the Nāgī queen & companion of Dharanendra; Shwe Nabay (Naga Medaw), a goddess or a Nat spirit in Burmese animistic mythology, who is believed to have married a Naga and died from heartbreak after he left her; Takshaka, the king of the nagas, and ruler of Khandava forest; Ulupi, a companion of Arjuna in the epic Mahabharata
The Puranas mention the Naga king Shesha ("Śeṣa Nāgarāja") as the father of Bhogi, but historian A. S. Altekar theorized that Shesha is a mythical figure (see Shesha and Nagaraja), because the Puranas explicitly describe Vangara as the dynasty's fourth king (if Shesha was a historical king, Vangara would become the fifth king). [2]
Naga king may refer to Nagaraja , a leader of the Nāga, half-human and half snake beings in Indian religion and mythology King of the dynasty of the Nagas of Padmavati in ancient India
However, the mighty King of Serpents, Mucalinda, came from beneath the earth and protected with his hood the one who is the source of all protection. The subject of Buddha meditating under the protection of Mucalinda, also known as naga Prok attitude is very common in Southeast Asian Buddhist art .
Naga dynasty may refer to these dynasties of ancient India: Nagas of Padmavati , 3rd-4th century in northern India Nagas of Vidisha , 1st-century BCE in central India
3.13 Naga Kingdom of Padmavati (c. 170–350 CE) 3.14 Chandra dynasty of Samatata ... (Contemporary to Suryavanshi king Mandhatri) Dharma was the son of Haihaya. Netra;
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.