![]() ![]() They are also often associated with bodies of waters - including rivers, lakes, seas, and wells - and are guardians of treasure. Their domain is in the enchanted underworld, the underground realm filled with gems, gold and other earthly treasures called Naga-loka or Patala-loka. The nagas are described as the powerful, splendid, wonderful, and proud semi-divine race that can assume their physical form either as human, a partial human-serpent, or as a whole serpent. The mythological serpent race that often take form as cobras can often be found in Hindu iconography. Narratives of these beings hold cultural significance in the mythological traditions of many South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures, and within Hinduism and Buddhism, they are the ancestral origins of the Nagavanshi Kshatriyas. Nagaraja is the title given to the king of the nagas. ![]() They are principally depicted in three forms: as entirely human with snakes on the heads and necks, as common serpents, or as half-human, half-snake beings in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Rituals devoted to these supernatural beings have been taking place throughout South Asia for at least 2,000 years. According to legend, they are the children of the sage Kashyapa and Kadru. A female naga is called a Nagi, or a Nagini. The Nagas ( IAST: nāga Devanāgarī: नाग) are a divine, or semi-divine race of half-human, half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld ( Patala), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art. A Naga couple, featured as a Hoysala relief ![]()
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