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naga

 
Monier Williams
English
NĀGA,
s.
(A demigod, having a human face with a serpent's
shape. These fabulous beings are said to have sprung
from Kadrū, the wife of Kaśyapa, and to have been
created in order to people Pātāla, or the infernal regions. )
नागः, काद्रवेयः, कद्रुपुत्रः, कद्रुसुतः. The chief of these beings
is called शेषः, अनन्तः, वासुकिः
m.
, सर्पराजः. The following
are some of the other principal Nāgas: तक्षकः, पद्मः, महा
पद्मः, शङ्खः.