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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Nāgakula (नागकुल).—The communities of Nāgas in Rasātala.^*

• * Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 3. 4.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Nāgakula (नागकुल) refers to the “Nāga families” [i.e., nāgakulavidhvaṃsani—as part of the dhāraṇī-mantrapadas taught by the Buddha amidst a Nāga-assembly], according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nāgakūḷa (नागकूळ).—n (The family of the Nag.) The little creatures of the snake-kind said to appear at battiśirāḷēṃ upon nāgapañcamī. 2 Figures of the Nag drawn upon the ground on nāgapañcamī.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

nāgakūḷa (नागकूळ).—n The little creatures of a snake- kind said to appear at battisaśirāḷēṃ upon nāgapañcamī. Figures of the Nâg drawn upon the ground on nāgapañcamī.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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