masculinea · nāga 4 · nāga 3
cobra
a snake; a supernatural serpent (usually living in water or under the earth), one of a race of mythical snakes (the enemies of the garuḷas); an elephant; the best or most excellent of its kind; a mighty being
Nāga [Vedic nāga; etymology of 1. perhaps from °snagh = Anglo-Saxon snaca (snake) and *snaeg l (snail); of 2 uncertain, perhaps a Non-Aryan word distorted by popular analogy to nāga 1 ] 1. a serpent or Nāga demon, playing a prominent part in Buddhist fairy-tales, gifted with miraculous powers and great strength. They often act as fairies and are classed with other divinities (see devatā), with whom they are sometimes friendly, sometimes at enmity (as with the Garuḷas) D I 54; S III 240 f.; V 47, 63; Bv I 30 (dīghāyukā mahiddhikā); Miln 23. Often with supaṇṇā (Garuḷas); Ja I 64; Dhp-a II 4; Pv-a 272. Descriptions e.g. at Dhp-a III 231, 242 f.; see also compounds 2. an elephant, especially a strong, stately animal (thus in combination hatthi-nāga characterising "a Nāga elephant") and frequent as symbol of strength and endurance ("heroic"). Thus epithet of the Buddha and of Arahants. Popular etymologies of n. are based on the excellency of this animal (āguṃ na karoti = he is faultless, etc.): see Nidd I 201 = Nidd II §337; Thag 693; Pv-a 57. (a) the animal D I 49; S I 16; II 217, 222; III 85; V 351; A II 116; III 156 f.; Snp 543; Vv 5 5 (= hatthi-nāga Vv-a 37); Pv I 11 3 . mahā° A IV 107, 110. (b) figurative = hero or saint: S II 277; III 83; M I 151, 386; Dhp 320; Snp 29, 53, 166, 421, 518. Of the Buddha: Snp 522, 845, 1058, 1101; Miln 346 (Buddha°). 3. The Nāga-tree (now called "iron-wood tree," the Pāli meaning "fairy tree"), noted for its hard wood and great masses of red flowers (= Sanskrit nāgakesara, Mesua ferrea Lin.): see compounds °rukkha, °puppha, °latā. -āpalokita "elephant-look" (turning the whole body), a mark of the Buddhas M I 337; cf. BHS nāga-valokita Divy 208; -danta an ivory peg or pin, also used as a hook on a wall Vin II 117 (°ka Vin II 114, 152); Ja VI 382; -nāṭaka snakes as actors Dhp-a IV 130; -nāsūru (feminine) (woman) having thighs like an elephant's trunk Ja V 297; -puppha iron-wood flower Miln 283; -bala the strength of an elephant Ja I 265; II 158; -bhavana the world of snakes Nidd I 448; Ja III 275; Dhp-a IV 14; -māṇavaka a young serpent Ja III 276; feminine °ikā ibid. 275; Dhp-a III 232; -rājā king of the Nāgas, i.e. serpents Ja II 111; III 275; Snp 379 (Erāvaṇa, see detail Pj II 368); Dhp-a I 359; III 231, 242 f. (Ahicchatta); IV 129 f. (Paṇṇaka); -rukkha the iron-wood tree Ja I 35 (cf. Mvu II 249); -latā = rukkha Ja I 80 (the Buddha's toothpick made of its wood), 232; Dhp-a II 211 (°dantakaṭṭha toothpick); -vatta habits of serpents Nidd I 92, also adjective °ika ibid. 89; -vana elephant-grove Dhp 324; Dhp-a IV 15; -vanika el. hunter M I 175; III 132; -hata one who strikes the el. (viz. the Buddha) Vin II 195.
【陽】 龍，眼鏡蛇，象，鐵力木（指藤黃科東印度産的喬木 (Mesua ferrea)， 羽狀複葉，葉子長橢圓形，花大，紅色，生長在熱帶地區。木材堅韌，裡面黑褐色或紫褐色，可用來雕刻；用其花芽可以獲得紅色的染料），高貴 的人。~danta, ~taka,【中】 象牙釘，在牆壁上的釘。~bala,【形】 有 象的力量的。~balā,【陰】 貓尾射 (Uraria Lagopodioides)。~bhavana,【中】 龍的區域。~māṇavaka,【陽】 龍族的年輕人。~mānavikā,【陰】 龍族的年輕未婚女子。~rāja,【陽】 龍王。~rukkha,【陽】 龍樹，鐵力木樹。~latā,【陰】龍藤（蔞葉藤）。~loka,【陽】 龍的世界。~vana,【中】鐵力木樹林，有象的森林。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Nāga</c> </b> <br>A class of beings classed with Garuḷas and Supaṇṇas and playing a prominent part in Buddhist folk lore. They are gifted with miraculous powers and great strength. Generally speaking, they are confused with snakes, chiefly the hooded Cobra, and their bodies are described as being those of snakes, though they can assume human form at will. The Vinaya <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.ii.109</c> contains a list of four royal families of Nāgas (Ahirājakulāni): Virūpakkha, Erāpatha, Chabyāputta and Kaṇhāgotamaka. The enmity between the Nāgas and the Garulas is proverbial. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.258</c> In the Aṭāṇātiya Sutta, <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.iii.198f.</c> speaking of dwellers of the Cātummahārajika world, the Nāgas are mentioned as occupying the Western Quarter, with Virūpakkha as their king.<br>The word Nāga is often used as an epithet of the Buddha and the Arahants.<br>In the accounts given of the Nāgas, there is undoubtedly great confusion between the Nāgas as supernatural beings, as snakes, elephants, and as the name of certain non Aryan tribes, but the confusion is too difficult to unravel.<br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc) noble person; great man; epithet of an arahant; epithet of the Buddha noble person
(masc, masc) tusker; bull elephant elephant
(masc, masc) snake; serpent; cobra cobra
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