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The Indian cobra varies tremendously in colour and pattern throughout its range. The ventral scales or the underside colouration of this species can be grey, yellow, tan, brown, reddish or black. Dorsal scales of the Indian cobra may have a hood mark or colour patterns. The most common visible pattern is a posteriorly convex light band at the ...
In Hindu iconography, he is generally depicted coiling around the neck of Shiva, who is believed to have blessed and worn him as an ornament. 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 ...
In Indian myth, Shiva had a cobra coiled on his head and another at rest on his shoulder, ready to strike his enemies. Egyptian myth has had several snake-gods, from the 'coiled one' Mehen who assisted Ra in fighting Aapep every day to the two-headed Nehebkau who guarded the underworld.
Lord Shiva wears a cobra Vasuki around his neck. It is difficult to trace the origin of Nagaradhane, though some clans among Tulu people of Nagavanshi descent, thus maybe snake worship was popularised by them.
In Sanskrit, a nāgá is a snake, most often depicted by the Indian cobra (Naja naja). A synonym for nāgá is phaṇin (फणिन्). There are several words for "snake" in general, and one of the very commonly used ones is sarpá (सर्प). Sometimes the word nāgá is also used generically to mean "snake". [4]
Shesha (Sanskrit: शेष, romanized: Śeṣa, lit. 'Remainder'), [3] also known by his epithets Sheshanaga (Sanskrit: शेषनाग, romanized: Śeṣanāga, lit.
A man in south-east India was shocked to find a 15-foot-cobra slithering in his toilet and immediately called for help. The man, Sushant Patra of Niladrinagar in Balimela of Malkangiri district ...
Apasmara, clutching a cobra and trampled beneath the foot of Nataraja (Shiva as lord of dance). Apasmara (Sanskrit: अपस्मार, IAST: Apasmāra) is a diminutive man who represents spiritual ignorance and ahamkar in Hindu mythology. [1] [2] He is also known as Muyalaka or Muyalakan.