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Apalala, Nāga in Buddhist mythology; 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; Paravataksha, his sword causes earthquakes and his roar caused thunder. Naga Seri Gumum, who lives in Tasik Chini, a freshwater lake in Pahang ...
He is known in Chinese and Japanese mythology as being one of the "eight Great Dragon Kings" (八大龍王 pinyin: Bādà lóngwáng; Japanese: Hachidai Ryūō), [4] amongst Nanda (Nāgarāja), Upananda, Sāgara (Shakara), Takshaka, Balavan, Anavatapta, and Utpala.
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.
At Kōfuku-ji in Nara, Japan, there is a famous group of statues that represent the Eight Legions. Some of these figures differ from the common list. Their names in Japanese are as follows: Gobujō (五部浄, Śuddhāvāsa, a deva and personification of the heaven of the fourth dhyāna.
Takshaka are also known in Chinese and Japanese mythology as being one of the "eight Great Dragon Kings" (八大龍王 Hachi-dai Ryuu-ou), [1] they are the only snakes which can fly and also mentioned as the most venomous snakes, amongst Nanda (Nagaraja), Upananda, Sagara (Shakara), Vasuki, Balavan, Anavatapta and Utpala.
Prince Naga (c. 8th century), Japanese prince; Tarek Naga (born 1953), Egyptian architect; Nagarjuna (actor) (born 1959), Indian film actor; Kal Naga (born 1966), Egyptian actor, director and producer; Naga Munchetty (born 1975), English journalist and television presenter; Indra Perdana Sinaga (born 1983), Indonesian male singer known as Naga
The Japanese Buddhist version of angels. Tenome A ghostly blind man with his eyes on his palms. Tenson kōrin The descent of Amaterasu's grandson Ninigi-no-Mikoto from Takamagahara to the land of Japan (then known as Ashihara no Nakatsukuni) to become its ruler. Soon after this, Hoori and his siblings Hoderi and Hosuseri were born.
The naga primarily represents rebirth, death and mortality, due to its casting of its skin and being symbolically "reborn". Hindus associate the naga with the deities Shiva and Vishnu. Shesha is one of the two mounts of Vishnu, upon which the deity rests. Vasuki is a serpent coiled around the neck of Shiva.