Naga / Nagas
शाब्दिक अर्थ (Shabdartha)
Serpent-being
व्युत्पत्ति एवं धातु मूल (Vyutpatti)
Sanskrit/Pali 'naga', a class of powerful serpent-deities able to take human form, often associated with water and treasure.
आध्यात्मिक भावार्थ व संदर्भ
Nagas appear throughout the Jataka tales and wider Indian cosmology as both guardians of hidden wealth and figures capable of great virtue or great danger.