Nagas : see Ananta
... According to legend the land of Kashmir was originally a lake called Satisaras, the lake of Sati, consort of Shiva. Later a demon made the lake his residence and killed Nagas (serpents) and men living around it. King Nila of the Nagas invoked Vishnu, who counselled him to drain the water from the lake. To Ananta Naga was assigned the task of piercing the hills round about. When the water of Satisaras ...
... that would be worthy of him. (64) The heroic achievements of that exalted soul capable of crushing the enemy in combat, have been heard of, nay, actually witnessed by me. Not even gods, Gandharvas, Nagas and rākshasas (combined) can in fact be a match for Śrī Rāma on the field of battle. (65) Who, having Page 173 vividly perceived Śrī Rāma — who is endowed with extraordinary might and... you not employ your missiles against the rākshasas, even though you are the foremost of those proficient in the use of missiles, mighty and full of courage?" (41) (Turning to Hanūmān ) "Neither Nagas nor Gandharvas (celestial musicians), nor gods nor the Maruts (the forty nine wind gods) are able to resist the onrush of Śrī Rāma in combat. (42) If there still exists, any regard for me in the heart ...
... extremely enraged and also beholding fearful portents, all created beings felt dismayed and fear seized Rāvana (too). (42) Seated in their aerial cars, gods and Gandharvas (celestial musicians), great Nagas (semi divine beings having the face of a man and the tail of a serpent and said to inhabit Patala, the nethermost subterranean region), as well as Rsis (the seers of Vedic Mantras), devils and giants... which caused one's hair to stand on end, in the air as well as on the earth and again on the top of the (Trikuta) mountain. (64) While the gods, the devils and the Yaksas as also the fiends, the Nagas (serpent demons or semi divine beings credited with the face of a man and the tail of a serpent, and said to inhabit the nethermost subterranean region, Patala) and the Rākshasas looked on that major ...
... by an observation of Sircar's: 1 "A tradition recorded in the Dvātrimśat-puttalikā represents Sālivāhana...as of mixed Brāhmana and Naga origin. The association of the Sātavāhana kings with the Nagas and also with foreigners like the Śakas is proved by epigraphic evidence." While strengthening the suggestion we have spoken of, the last part of Sircar's words may seem odd when we are confronting ...
... accomplishing great deeds and capable of harassing the enemy. (20) It was (further) graced with fearful arrows encased in quivers and shining like sun- beams, in the same way as Bhogavatī (the realm of Nagas) is graced by serpents with incandescent hoods. (21) The hut was (also) adorned with a couple of swords encased in sheaths of gold and further adorned with two shields emblazoned with flowers of ...
... described as bathing in the heavenly Ganges, sitting in its waters, practising Pranayama and other yogic disciplines. 14. Pinaka bow: name of Shiva's bow, made of a rainbow with five heads of Nagas. Pinakin is also a name for Shiva. 15. Kinnara or Kimnara: mythical beings traditionally considered to have the form of a man and the head of a horse. According to some scholars, they are singers ...
... priests of the world, Skanda the war-god, leader of the leaders of battle, Marichi among the Maruts, the lord of wealth among the Yakshas and Rakshasas, the serpent Ananta among the Nagas, Agni among the Vasus, Chitraratha among the Gandharvas, Kandarpa the love-God among the progenitors, Varuna among the peoples of the sea, Aryaman among the Fathers, Narada among the divine sages, Yama ...
... the dice, thy wife and children will be thine once more. And finally, O King, when thou desirest to regain thy proper form, think of me and wear these garments." And saying these words that lord of Nagas gave unto Nala two pieces of enchanted clothing, and immediately became invisible. And Nala made his way to Ayodhya, and entered the service of Rituparna the King, receiving great honour as the ...
... uneasy. So then I open my eyes. And what do I see? About two metres away in front of me, standing erect and swaying its hood, is a Naja, hissing furiously at me. You know 'Naja'? They are like the Nagas here, the Hooded Cobra, and so poisonous! Their poison is deadly. So there was this Naja, swaying its expanded hood and hissing for all it was worth. At first I didn't understand why the serpent was ...
... about the same time that Sri Aurobindo came into contact with a Naga Sannyasi, Mohanpuri. "I told him that I wanted to get power for revolutionary activities. He gave me a violent mantra of Kali, with 'Jahi, Jahi' etc. to repeat. I did so, but, as I had expected, it came to nothing." Mohanpuri was a member of the governing body of the Naga Sannyasis. He also "conducted certain kriyas and a Vedic... Sri Aurobindo did not hear of any discovery of a suitable place." It was after Barin's futile quest in the Vindhya hills that Sri Aurobindo met Mohanpuri, the Naga Sannyasi. Sri Aurobindo was searching for a Guru then. "He met a Naga Sannyasi in the course of this search, but did not accept him as Guru, though he was confirmed by him in a belief in Yoga power when he saw him cure Barin in almost... silent Mantra. Barin drank and was cured." That was a first-hand knowledge of yogic cure. Later in a talk, Sri Aurobindo described more fully the procedure. "I first knew about yogic cure from a Naga Sadhu or Naga Sannyasi. Barin had mountain fever when he was wandering in the Amarkantak hills. The Sannyasi took a cup of water, cut it into four by making two crosses with a knife and asked Barin to drink ...
... connection with Ganganath was spiritual only. As yet, however, Sri Aurobindo was wavering between Yoga and public life.... He established some connection with a member of the Governing Body of Naga Sannyasis.... All this was before he left Baroda, some years before he met Lele. We do not quite know what exactly happened to Sri Aurobindo during the first four years of his retirement... him by Lele and his predecessors. That was done long before the sojourn in Pondicherry. There were no predecessors. Sri Aurobindo had some connection with a member of the governing body of the Naga Sannyasis who gave him a mantra of Kali (or rather a stotra) and conducted certain Kriyas and a Vedic Yajna, but all this was for political success in his mission and not for Yoga. ...
... even so I am the lowest force of this earth-nature. You have given me the privilege of being a collaborator in your Work." He used to say that Sesha-naga, the primal energy that sustains the material world, had manifested in him, that he was Sesha-naga itself. He was the spirit of Inconscience, of the Force in the nether world; his task was to work in that darkness, sweep it clean and make room for ...
... day). There was no conflict or wavering between Yoga and politics; when he started Yoga, he carried on both without any idea of opposition between them. He wanted however to find a Guru. He met the Naga Sannyasi in the course of his search, but did not accept him as Guru, though he was confirmed by him in a belief in Yoga-power when he saw him cure Barin in almost a moment of a violent and clinging ...
... India The Naga Sanyasis Once while travelling in North India, Sudhir was waiting for the train at a small station. The train pulled in, crowded with people. Sudhir got up on the train at the last minute. His only luggage was a small bed-roll. The compartment of the coach he boarded was occupied by a large number of sanyasis, a sect of fierce and proud naked ascetics. The Naga sanyasis had spread... the train for it had started running. He requested a Naga sanyasi who was lying down, “Please make a little room for me”. The sanyasi growled, “This compartment belongs to us. You Bengali chap, go to another compartment”. Sudhir got annoyed and told him, “I too have purchased a ticket, so do not trouble me. Give me a place to sit.” But the Naga sanyasi refused and gave a rude reply. Sudhir got angry... himself sat on a metal box. All the Naga sanyasis in the compartment were furious and rushed at Sudhir, who was helplessly outnumbered. But Sudhir did not get frightened. He sat coolly in that corner and warned them, “Whoever touches me will be a dead man”. The sanyasis tried to provoke him into a fight and were puzzled at his behaviour, but Sudhir remained calm. One old Naga sanyasi tried to mediate and ...
... to feel uneasy, and, opening my eyes, found a big cobra standing erect about 3 or 4 cubits in front of me, swaying its expanded hood at me and making a hissing sound. These cobras are locally called naga, and their deadly poison kills instantly. At first, I could not understand why he is so enraged at me. Then I thought that 1 must have sat there closing his hole or retreat; there was a hollow in the ...
... physical. That's why the Kshatriyas did not give up meat. Vivekananda advocated it to lift our people from Tamas (inertia) to Rajas (dynamism). He was not quite wrong. Then I came into contact with a Naga Sannyasi. I told him I wanted to get power for revolutionary activities. He gave me a violent Mantra of Kali, with "Jahi Jahi" to repeat. I did so, but, as I had expected, it came to nothing. Barin ...
... Indian shores. The world knew that Hindus had a taste for cultural diversity. Raja-raja Chola, encouraged Sri Mara Vijayottungavarman, the ruler of Sri Vijaya (Sumatra) to build a Buddhist vihara at Naga-pattinam. The monastery was called Chudamani vihara after the father of the ruler of Sri Vijaya. Wrote N. Sastri, "Sri Vijaya was the powerful maritime state which ruled the Malayan peninsula, Sumatra ...
... a malignant fever which proved unresponsive to medical treatment. A Naga sannyasi arrived just then, and on coming to know of Barin's predicament, asked for a cup of water and cut it crosswise with a knife while repeating a mantra. Barin was given the water to drink, and was promptly cured of the fever. It was probably this Naga sannyasi who gave Sri Aurobindo the stotra of Kali with the powerful... Brahmananda and received blessings from him, it was to a great Yogi he had gone, not to an accepted Guru. The ground of course was already prepared, and contacts like those with Brahmananda and the Naga sannyasi helped to plant the seed of faith whose potentialities were immense. Was it not a priceless gain in itself that Sri Aurobindo had realised — like Teufelsdrockh in Carlyle's Sartor Resartus ...
... characteristic is a species of snake-cult. "From a faience tablet showing a seated deity with a worshipper on either side and a hooded cobra over the head," observes Pusalker, "it appears that some form of Naga-worship was practised." 15 Hence, at Gumla III, we have an occupation which can be labelled as proto-Harappān mixed with pre-Harappān, a "transitional phase" such as Sankalia finds in the "junction ...
... Mookerji, R.K., 14, 15, 86, 111, 127 Müller, Max, 92 Mundigak, 7, 8, 68, 76, 98 Mycenaean syllabary, 49 Mysteries, Orphic and Eleusinian, 107 Nādi-Stuti, 14 Naga-worship, 101 Namyawaza, 32, 33 Naram-Sin, 88, 89 Nasatyas, 34, 35, 86 Natarajan. P., 23fn. Natufians, 22, 23 Nirukta, 108 Nordics, 20 Norse Sagas, 18 ...
... the poem nearer home to the imagination of the reader. On the other hand, there are some words one is loth to part with. I have myself been unable or unwilling to sacrifice such Indianisms as Rishi; Naga, for the snake-gods who inhabit the nether-world; Uswuttha, for the sacred fig-tree; chompuc (but this has been made familiar by Shelley's exquisite lyric); coil or Kokil, for the Indian cuckoo; and ...
... unbounded; moving then like one Who up a dismal stair seeks ever light, Attained a dais brilliant doubtfully With flaming pediment and round it coiled Page 128 Python and Naga monstrous, Joruthcaru, Tuxuc and Vasuki himself, immense, Magic Carcotaca all flecked with fire... 33 How wanting in the occult atmosphere, though poetically powerful and mythologically ...
... some occult phenomena during his younger brother Barin's experiments with the planchette. There were also some experiments of automatic writing. A direct proof of the power of Yoga came to him when a Naga sadhu cured Barin of mountain fever by mantra. The sadhu took a glass full of water and cut the water crosswise with a knife while repeating the mantra. He then told Barin to drink it saying he would ...
... occult phenomena during his younger brother Barin's experiments with the planchette. There were also some experiments of automatic writing. A direct proof of the power of Yoga came to him when a Naga sadhu cured Barin of mountain fever by mantra. The sadhu took a glass full of water and cut the water crosswise with a knife while repeating the mantra. He then told Barin to drink it saying he could ...
... the clutches of the British. There was a mood of expectancy in the air. Rumours were floating about. It was said that all the provinces were ready for a battle and that a hundred and fifty thousand Naga Sannyasins (naked ascetics) had pledged themselves to come to the aid of Bengal and fight unto death. Such stories filled the atmosphere. I was boiling with an inexpressible excitement and was completely ...
... could be built. In the course of these wanderings he contracted a 'hill fever', a violent and almost incurable disease, and had to return to his Sejda at Baroda. Now it happened, one day, that a naga sannyasi arrived at the house and, seeing Barin laid up in his emaciated condition, asked, 'Who is that lying there?' When he was given the story, he said, 'Fetch a glass of water.' Then muttering ...
... beheld The great banks widen out of sight. 61 And, then, like other masters of the epic style, Sri Aurobindo too can make marvellous poetry out of mere proper names: Python and Naga monstrous, Joruthcaru, Tuxuc and Vasuki himself, immense, Magic carcotaca all flecked with fire.. . 62 Page 178 but it is no mere catalogue of the names of fabulous pythons ...
... and beheld a silent hall Dim and unbounded; moving then like one Who up a dismal stair seeks ever light, Attained a dais brilliant doubtfully With flaming pediment and round it coiled Python and Naga monstrous, Joruthcaru, Tuxuc and Vasuki himself, immense, Magic Carcotaca all flecked with fire; And many other prone destroying shapes Coiled. On the wondrous dais rose a throne, And he its pedestal ...
... suitable site in the Vindhyas, but caught a malignant fever while wandering among the Amarkantak hills, abandoned his search and returned. He was then cured (as mentioned in an earlier chapter) by a Naga sannyasi. But the idea of a Temple for the Divine Mother persisted, and indeed won numerous adherents who were aflame with enthusiasm for the project. Some like Haribhau Modak and Kakasaheb Patil, however ...
... Mandir). He came back with very persistent mountain fever! He was being treated, but not being cured, when a Naga Sannyasi came, from whom Sri Aurobindo had a direct proof of the powers and utility of Yoga. Sri Aurobindo later said about this incident: "I first knew about Yogic cure from a Naga Sadhu or Sannyasi. Barin had mountain fever when he was wandering in the Amarkantak. The sadhu took a cupful ...
... find a Guru, a master of the secret, who would be able to tell him how to proceed in his endeavour to wrest the ultimate secret of Knowledge and Power from Nature and God. After the contacts with the Naga Sannyasi and Swami Brahmananda (mentioned in chapter III.vi), both of whom impressed him although neither became his Guru, Sri Aurobindo at last found in Yogi Lele a real helper in his sadhana, but ...
... impenetrable gloom, because they have used the heart or intellect to serve passion & ignorance, enslaved the spiritual to the material & vital elements & subordinated the man in them to the Naga, the serpent. The Naga is the symbol of the mysterious earthbound force in man. Wisest he of the beasts of the field, but still a beast of the field, Page 386 not the winged Garuda revered to be the ...
... engineer Deodhar who was a disciple of Brahmananda". "I do not remember any yogic cure by Brahmananda; at any rate, I did not take any servant with me''. "I first knew about yogic cure from a Naga Sadhu or Naga Sannyasi. Barin had mountain fever when he was wandering in the Amarkantak hills. The Sannyasi took a cup of water, cut it into four by making two crosses Page 120 with a knife ...
... 465, 483 Fu-nan, 550, Gadaharas. 42, 414-6 Ga(n)dāra, 463 Gadhwa stone inscription, 452 Gāhadavālas, 440 Ganapa, 189 Gana pāt ha, 248, 253, 255 Ganapati Naga, 214 Gandarians, 251 Gandaridai, 114, 115, 116 Gandaritis (Gangares), 172 Gāndhāra(s), 162, 250, 482, 530, 594 Gāndharī, 250 Gandhian Constitution for Free India, 574 ...
... his ardent spirit of nationalism. Even when he felt a strong urge for spiritual power, it was his politics that inspired the urge and sought to employ it to its own end. "...I came in contact with a Naga Sannyasi... I told him that I want to get power for revolutionary activities. He gave me a violent Stotra (Sanskrit hymn) of Kali with jahi, jahi (slay, slay) to repeat. I did so and, as I had expected... and looking at him. Page 132 between Yoga and politics; when he started Yoga he carried on both without any idea of opposition between them. He wanted however to find a Guru. He met a Naga Sannyasi in the course of this search, but did not accept him as Guru, though he was confirmed by him in a belief in Yoga-power when he saw him cure Barin in almost a moment of a violent and clinging ...
... Also a few things happened that increased my faith in the Yogic Force. Once Barin came back from the Vindhya mountain with very persistent mountain fever. He was treated, but wasn't cured. One day a Naga Sannyasi happened to come by. He took a cupful of water and cut it crosswise with a knife while repeating a mantra. He then asked Barin to drink it, saying he wouldn't have fever the next day, and the... that I gave up meat and found a great feeling of lightness and purity in the system. "There is an interesting story regarding the sweet taste of the saliva in the mouth. There is an order of the Naga Sannyasis whose aim is to acquire that sweetness in the mouth, because it is supposed to make a man immortal. The required discipline for this is called 'khecharimudra'. The membrane below the tongue ...
... Sri Aurobindo at Baroda, 1988 crucial experience alone could clear the way for further advance. It was almost like Sri Ramakrishna's acceptance of the spiritual help of the Naga Yogi, Totapuri, or of the Tantric Yogini, Bhairavi. Sri Aurobindo expressed his wish to consult a Yogi to Barin, his younger brother. Barin pro- cured the address of Yogi Vishnu Bhaskar Leie113 and ...
... head in the Superconscient. (This seems to be also the significance of the uraeus, the Egyptian naja that adorned the Pharaoh's headdress; the Mexican quetzalcoatl, or plumed serpent; and perhaps the naga snakes overhanging Buddha's head.) The detailed features of these centers are of interest only to professional clairvoyants; we will discuss later some details of general interest. A complete study ...
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