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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.
The family's head Triveni's real name is Damayanti and comes from the Naaga clan. She adopts Arjun as their son. Only she knows the truth that Arjun is Naagayoda. Arjun was born with mixed divine and naga powers, incarnated for protecting Naagamani. Triveni knows the secret and takes him to their family.
A search for the Phaya Naga was recently featured in a Destination Truth episode on the SyFy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel) series in Series 01 (episode 02). [79] The dragons in the 2021 film Raya and the Last Dragon are based on the Phaya Naga. A serpent god named Nāga is featured in the 2021 animated film Batman: Soul of the Dragon.
Nāginī, a female member of the Naga, a class of semi-divine snakes in Indian religion and mythology; Nāgnī or Naiṇī Devī, a serpent goddess worshipped in the valley of the Pindar river in the Indian Himalaya; Nagini (Harry Potter), a snake in the Harry Potter series; Nagini mazonense, an extinct species of amniote
Convinced by her argument, Arjuna marries her, spending the night in the mansion of the Naga and rose with the sun in the morning. [14] Later, a son named Iravan was born to them. [8] Pleased by Arjuna, Ulupi grants him a boon that every amphibious creature shall, without doubt, be capable of being vanquished by him. [11] [15]
A temple devoted to Nagaraja exists in Poojappura of the Thiruvananthapuram District in Kerala, India. It is known as the Poojappura Nagarukavu Temple. The uniqueness of this temple is that here the family of the Nagaraja, including Nagaramma (queen of nagas), and Nagakanya (princess of the naga kingdom) are placed inside a single temple.
Bhima-naga, whose coins bear the title Maharaja, may have been the dynasty's first king to rule from Padmavati. [26] The Allahabad Pillar inscription of the Gupta king Samudragupta states that he defeated Ganapati-naga. This suggests that Ganapati-naga was the last Naga king, and after his defeat, the Naga territory was annexed to the Gupta Empire.
During the excavations led by D. R. Bhandarkar, five coins of the later Naga rulers Bhima-naga and Ganapati-naga were discovered at the Besnagar site in Vidisha. These coins are smaller in size compared to the Mathura coins of the Datta kings, but do not fail to append "-naga" to the king's name.