Nagaraja

Nagaraja
8th-century Nagaraja carving, Alampur, Telangana
Devanagariनागराज
Sanskrit transliterationNāgarāja
Wylie transliterationKlu'i rgyal po
AffiliationNāga
AbodePatala

A Nagaraja (Sanskrit: नागराज nāgarāja, lit.'king of the nagas') is a king of the various races of the nāga, the divine or semi-divine, half-human, half-serpent beings that reside in the netherworld (Patala), and can occasionally take human form.[1] Rituals devoted to these supernatural beings have been taking place throughout South Asia for at least two thousand years.[2]

  1. ^ www.wisdomlib.org (2014-08-03). "Nagaraja, Nāgarāja, Naga-raja, Nāgarājā: 16 definitions". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  2. ^ "Nāgas". Brill's Encyclopedia of Hinduism Online. doi:10.1163/2212-5019_beh_com_000337. Retrieved 2020-12-09.