nagas

• “Mental blocks, symbolized in myth by subterraneous dragon-like creatures such as nagas, guard and keep them submerged.”

  Making Sense of Tantra ��� 2 The Authenticity of the Tantras

• “Nag Panchami is devoted to the worship of snakes: nagas in most Asian languages.”

  The Huffington Post: Jeff Greenwald: Romancing the Snake

• “Nepal's bond with nagas began in pre-history, when (as sages and geologists agree) the Kathmandu Valley was a vast lake, populated by a race of powerful snake gods.”

  The Huffington Post: Jeff Greenwald: Romancing the Snake

• “The irate nagas fled, relocating in aquifers, rivers, and nag pokhari: smaller "snake lakes" that punctuate the now congested Kathmandu valley.”

  The Huffington Post: Jeff Greenwald: Romancing the Snake

• “These nagas and naginis lived in watery palaces, festooned with gems.”

  The Huffington Post: Jeff Greenwald: Romancing the Snake

• “Though subdued, the nagas still command awe and devotion.”

  The Huffington Post: Jeff Greenwald: Romancing the Snake

• “The excellent entourage within the mandala consisted of a host of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, furies, gods, nagas, and goddesses.”

  Kalachakra Initiations by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

• “Moreover, the wisdom deities of the non-mundane worlds, as well as various local devas, nagas and spirits, inhabit trees.”

  Practical Steps Towards Protection of the Environment

• “Why are nagas, centaurs, sylphs, dryads, ifrit, djin and selkies to name buta few so comparativelyunderrepresented?”

  2009 October 01 « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows

• “I also saw one which involved female nagas which was actually interesting to watch, but the only familiar sci-fi/fantasy thing I can really recall was seeing one of the Blade movies on a channel we got in our hotel.”

  Hello to China

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