April 1, 2024
NAGAS MINI STATUE THAI AMULET RARE FREE SHIPPING
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You are bidding on Rare Thai amulet NagasNagas, a group of serpent deities in Hindu and Buddhist mythology.In Sanskrit, a nāgá is a cobra, a specific type of snake (hooded snake). A synonym for nāgá is phaṇin. There are several words for "snake" in general, and one of the very commonly used ones is sarpá . Sometimes the word nāgá is also used generically to mean "snake". In the great epic Mahabharata, the depiction of Nagas tends toward the negative, and they are portrayed as the deserving victims of the snake sacrifice and of predation by the eagle-king Garuda. The epic calls them "persecutors of all creatures", and tells us "the snakes were of virulent poison, great prowess and excess of strength, and ever bent on biting other creatures" (Book I: Adi Parva, Section 20). At the same time, nagas are important players in many of the events narrated in the epic, frequently no more evil nor deceitful than the other protagonists, and sometimes on the side of good.The epic frequently characterizes Nagas as having a mixture of human and serpent-like traits. Sometimes it characterizes them as having human traits at one time, and as having serpent-like traits at another. For example, the story of how the Naga prince Sesha came to hold the world on his head begins with a scene in which he appears as a dedicated human ascetic, "with knotted
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