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[edit] Cleanup

Cleanup needing to be done:

  1. Fix the indexing sort key, which should have been done by Guanaco when the article was moved.
  2. Fix header capitalization.

Gene Nygaard 20:58, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Done. —Guanaco 22:52, 19 September 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Questions

Question: (1 December 2006) Naga is the prevailing convention for the orthography, so why is Na-ga now used in this article? b9 hummingbird hovering (user).


Question: "They are especially popular in southern India where some believe that they brought fertility to their venerators". Who is "venerators"? Does it mean, that it brought fertility to their respectful ones? -by User talk:Slidersv

[edit] Contention

Naga is the Sanskrit term that these beings/entities are commonly known as in English...but klu (as evident in the [[Himalayan}} tradition and even the Rainbow Serpent of indigenous Australians show that these beings/entities are not the cultural property of the Hindu. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by B9 hummingbird hovering (talk • contribs) 03:57, 10 January 2007 (UTC).

I'm not exactly sure what you're saying, but no, not all legendary snake-like beings are the cultural property of the Hindu, but not all legendary snake-like beings are naga, either. You might as well say that Garuda isn't a Hindu creature, since there are eagle-man kachinas in the North American southwest. Kotengu 小天狗 05:56, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Is this article worth being on Wikipedia?

theres nothing helpful on this article so why shouldn't they either 1) edit the article or 2) merge it with naga or 3) delete it altogther!!!! 211.28.178.61 08:33, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Are you certain you are talking about the right article? This is Nāga, Naga is a disambiguation page. --Stephan Schulz 10:49, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sarpa/Naga

Question: Why is there no clear differentation between Sarpa and Naga... Isnt Sarpa a serpent/snake and a Naga a Cobras... Arent these 2 distinct families within these reptiles, and more specifically in the Hindu scriptures ??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.99.32.83 (talk • contribs)

I'm not familiar with the term 'sarpa', but I do know that naga is used very broadly and inconsistently in Buddhist scriptures- sometimes referring to cobras, sometimes to snakes in general, sometimes to mythical beings- I wouldn't be surprised if a distinction between families of naga was drawn within certain scriptures, but I also wouldn't be surprised to see that distinction ignored or omitted elsewhere. If you had a particular source where this distinction was mentioned, that would be very helpful. --Clay Collier 20:10, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
PS- please add new messages to the bottom of the talk page. --Clay Collier 20:10, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
In Sanskrit, a नागः (nāgaḥ) is a cobra, a specific type of snake (hooded snake). A synonym for nāgaḥ is फणिन् (phaṇin). There are several words for "snake" in general, and one of the very commonly-used ones is सर्पः (sarpa). Sometimes the word nāgaḥ is also used generically to mean "snake". There are lots of snakes in India, so a vocabulary has grown up around them to describe different types. For the specific terminology for cobra see p. 432, Vaman Shivram Apte, The Student's English-Sanskrit Dictionary (Motilal Banarsidass: 2002 reprint edition) ISBN 81-208-0299-3. The cobra is a particularly impressive type of snake, and its hooded form is often noted in art. The mythological beings known as Nāgas are often shown with hooded depictions, pointing to the specific idea of cobras. Other examples can be found in Sanskrit if this is desired. Buddhipriya 20:49, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Phaya Naga

It has been proposed that Phaya Naga be merged with Nāga. I', greatly in favor of a merger, even to include Naga fireballs, as it would help greatly in editing Rocket Festival and Funan.Lee 16:34, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Support seems to be the proper thing to do. --Ouro (blah blah) 17:57, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

There is absolutely no need to merge "Phaya Naga" with "Naga" IMHO. The Phaya Naga is a derivation of the original Indian myth. It can be mentioned ion Naga and then there should be the corresponding link. Signed: Shiva 122.162.165.45 (talk) 13:11, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Objection to unsourced content

User:B9 hummingbird hovering persists in adding unsourced content to multiple articles, and also is now removing fact tags that I have placed on unsourced material. According to WP:V "Material that is challenged or likely to be challenged, and all quotations, must be attributed to a reliable, published source." The continued restoration of unsourced material that has been objected to needs to be noted. Buddhipriya 07:26, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nagini

There's no reason for Nagini to be on here, is there? -masa ♫ 04:18, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Naming Nagpur here.

Nagpur: The name of the Indian city Nagpur is derived from Nāgapuram, literally, "city of nāgas".
This statement is false. Nagpur is named after a small river called Nagnadi flowing through it. This river originates from Ambazari lake and drains into Kanhan river, which drains into Wainganga and which drains into Godavari. Naming of Nagpur has nothing to do with Naga people or if they ever lived here(which I am sure they did not).I would deleting this entry tomorrow.
If you have any argument speak now or forever hold your silence. gppande «talk» 14:37, 4 March 2008 (UTC)