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In various Asian religious traditions, Nāgas are divine or semi-divine beings depicted as half-human, half-serpent creatures that live in the netherworld and are also known as dragons and water spirits. These beings have been central to rituals and spiritual practices throughout South Asia for at least 2,000 years, reflecting their cultural and religious significance across the region.
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Key facts
- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.name
- Nāga
- Deity.image
- File:Naga et Nagini (Temple de Chennakeshava à Belur, Inde) (14319408898) (cropped).jpg
- Deity.caption
- A nāga couple, featured as a Chennakeshava Temple relief
- Deity.script
- नाग
- Deity.script_name
- Devanagari
- Deity.abode
- Patala
- Deity.venerated_in
- Hinduism, Buddhism
- Deity.texts
- Mahabharata, Puranas
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- water deity
- Subclass of
- mythological serpent
- Image
- Laonaga.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Nāgas
- Commons category
- Nāgas
- different from
- Naga
- native label
- नाग
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Article · Italiano
I nāga (नाग, "serpente") sono un'antica razza di uomini-serpente presente nella religione e nella mitologia vedica e induista.
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