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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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- Deity.type
- Hindu
- Deity.name
- Nāga
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- 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
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- Hinduism, Buddhism
- Deity.texts
- Mahabharata, Puranas
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Article · 中文
那伽（梵語：नाग，羅馬化：nāga），是印度神話中的蛇神。這種生物的外表類似巨大的蛇，有一個頭或七個頭；其形像在婆羅門教、印度教和佛教經典中常有出現。但是這個詞的用法並不十分嚴格，它有時也被用來指代大象 或真正的蛇，尤其是眼鏡王蛇和印度眼鏡蛇（眼鏡蛇在印地語中的讀音就是“納格”）。另外，雌性的那伽被叫做“那姬”（nāgī）或“那姬尼”（nāgiṇī）。那伽在汉传佛教中等同于蛇。
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