- most
notable Nagarajas occurring in
Buddhist scriptures are Virupaksa,
Mucalinda, Dhrtarastra, Takshaka, Vasuki, Nanda, Upananda, Sagara, Balavan, Anavatapta...
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Mucilinda (Sanskrit: मुचिलिन्द; Pali:
Mucalinda) is a nāga who
protected Śākyamuni
Buddha from the
elements after his enlightenment. It is said that six...
- and a
prodigious rain descended. However, the
mighty king of serpents,
Mucalinda, came from
beneath the
earth and
protected with his hood the one who is...
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attacks by the asuras.
Among the
notable nagas of
Buddhist tradition is
Mucalinda,
nagaraja and
protector of the Buddha. In the
Vinaya Sutra (I, 3), shortly...
- meditating. A nāga by the name of
Mucalinda (มุจลินท์, Mujalind) saw him
meditating under harsh weather.
Mucalinda decided to coil
around his āsana (seat)...
- of the
Buddha and the
serpent king
Mucalinda: as the
Buddha sat
beneath a tree
engrossed in meditation,
Mucalinda came up from the
roots of the tree to...
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Magadha region. The nāga king
Mucalinda, who in
Buddhist mythology protected the
Buddha during a
storm under a
mucalinda tree, was a both snake- and a...
- century.
Attack of Mara, 10th century, Dunhuang.
Cambodian Buddha with
Mucalinda Nāga, c. 1100 CE,
Banteay Chhmar,
Cambodia 15th
century Sukhothai Buddha...
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protected by a naga with many heads. It also
bears an
inscription of the Naga
Mucalinda (Fig. 3)"
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Journal Of
SEAMEO Project in
Archaeology and Fine...
- the
Lotus Sutra, and are a
common artistic motif.
Mucharinda ムチャリンダ "
Mucalinda" was the Nāga king who
protected the
Buddha when he
achieved bodhi, and...
