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Takshaka (Sanskrit: तक्षक, Takṣaka) is a
Nagaraja in
Hinduism and Buddhism. He is
mentioned in the
Hindu epic
Mahabharata as well as in the
Bhagavata Purana...
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thousand years.
Hindu texts refer to
three main
beings by this title: Shesha,
Takshaka, and Vasuki. All of them are the
children of the
rishi Kashyapa and Kadru...
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forest were displaced. This was the root
cause of the
enmity of the Nāga
Takshaka towards the Kuru
kings who
ruled from
Indraprastha and Hastinapura. According...
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existence ended due to the
curse of the sage Shringi, who used the Nāga king,
Takshaka, the
ruler of
Taxila as the
instrument of death. Parik**** was the husband...
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Takshasila and
about his
encounter with Nāga
Takshaka. He
wanted to
exterminate the race of
Takshaka who was
responsible for the
death of his father...
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Janamejaya to
avenge the
death of his
father Parik****a, who was
killed by
Takshaka, the king of the snakes. The day that the
sacrifice was
stopped was on...
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after Dharmaraj and Vayu.
Later in the epic, he is
shown protecting Takshaka's forest from Arjuna. The
Pandavas named their capital, Indraprastha, after...
- to die so, the
curse having been
consummated by the serpent-chieftain
Takshaka.
Janamejaya bore a deep
grudge against the
serpents for this act, and thus...
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Hachidai Ryūō),
amongst Nanda (Nāgarāja), Upananda, Sāgara (Shakara),
Takshaka, Balavan, Anavatapta, and Utpala.
Vasuki is one of the sons of the sage...
- snakes, of
which Shesha was the eldest.
After Shesha, Vasuki,
Iravati and
Takshaka were born, in that order. A lot of Shesha's
brothers were
cruel and were...
