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Takshaka (Sanskrit: तक्षक, Takṣaka) is a
Nagaraja in
Hinduism and Buddhism. He is
mentioned in the
Hindu epic
Mahabharata as well as in the
Bhagavata Purana...
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existence ended due to the
curse of the sage Shringi, who used the Nāga king,
Takshaka, the
ruler of
Taxila as the
instrument of death. Parik**** was the husband...
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thousand years.
Hindu texts refer to
three main
beings by this title: Shesha,
Takshaka, and Vasuki. All of them are the
children of the
rishi Kashyapa and Kadru...
- to die so, the
curse having been
consummated by the serpent-chieftain
Takshaka.
Janamejaya bore a deep
grudge against the
serpents for this act, and thus...
- of
Takshasila and
about his
encounter with Nāga
Takshaka. He
wanted to
exterminate the race of
Takshaka who was
responsible for the
death of his father...
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Janamejaya to
avenge the
death of his
father Parik****a, who was
killed by
Takshaka, the king of the snakes. The day that the
sacrifice was
stopped was on...
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forest were displaced. This was the root
cause of the
enmity of the Nāga
Takshaka towards the Kuru
kings who
ruled from
Indraprastha and Hastinapura. According...
- sage
Kashyapa and his wife Danu.
Mayasura had
befriended a Nāga
named Takshaka and
lived with him in the area of
Khandavaprastha along with his family...
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conducted a
sacrifice to
destroy all the
snakes of the
world including Takshaka, who was the
cause of his
father Parik****'s death.
Hundreds of thousands...
- that time,
Takshaka came
there in the
disguise of a
naked mendicant and
stole the earrings.
Uttanka tried to
pursue the mendicant, but
Takshaka had reverted...
