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]]> Serpent temple https://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=467 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:23:39 +0000 http://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=467 Mannarasala Nagaraja temple

 

]]> Sonkh https://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=465 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:45:18 +0000 http://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=465 Source: Vrindavan Today of 2012-12-2

  • http://ignca.nic.in/nl001702.htm – article on Mathura
  • Excavations at Sonkh 2500 years of a town in Mathura District
    Herbert Härtel  – FOC.L /696271 
  • Occupation thought to have been from 8th century BCE to 19th century CE. Stratification largely based on coin evidence.
  • Second temple thought to be sanctuary for Naga cult.

 

 

]]> Nagini https://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=340 Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:33:52 +0000 http://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=340 Source: Smithsonian Institute
Nagini. India, state of Bihar, ca. 100. Gray terra-cotta. Smithsonian Institute

Nagini.
India, state of Bihar, ca. 100. Gray terra-cotta. Smithsonian Institute

]]> Sankhapala Jataka: The Naga King https://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=307 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 17:03:52 +0000 http://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=307 image and abbreviated summary

]]> Champeyya Jataka https://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=305 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:55:28 +0000 http://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=305 images from Ajanta and abbreviated narrative 

]]> Bhuridatta jataka – tale https://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=303 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 16:35:15 +0000 http://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=303 abbreviated version of tale

sacred text version that is extended

]]> Krishna dancing on head of serpent King Kaliya https://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=265 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:11:37 +0000 http://soas.mleary.idv.hk/?p=265 Continue reading Krishna dancing on head of serpent King Kaliya →]]> Source: Youtube with description from Saurabh Parikh. 

  • Children play ball on the bank of the river Yamuna. Ball thrown by Kirshna falls into river. There dwells Kaliya a poisonous cobra. Krishna wants to jump in the river and get the ball. But everyone says no to him. Krishna not listening to anyone, he jumps into the river.
  • Krishna enters the kingdom of Kaliya cobra and is warned by the attendants and queens of Kaliya about his dangerous poison and nature.
  • Not listening to anyone, Krishna reaches Kaliya and challenges him and insists to go away and live elsewhere or else he may be killed.
  • Fight ensues between Krishna and Kaliya that Krishna utlimately wins. He does not kill Kaliya, but asks to get him out and leave the pious river Yamuna.

Sacred Text – Krishna avatara

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