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The '''Eight Great Nāga Kings''' (Skt. nāgarāja, Tib. [[ཀླུའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཆེན་པོ་བརྒྱད་]], [[Wyl.]] ''klu'i rgyal po chen po brgyad'') — a list of great [[naga| nāga]] kings, who where amongst the audience when [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] taught the dharma. They are frequently mentioned in [[Vajrayana]] practices.
The '''Eight Great Naga Kings''' (Skt. nāgarāja, Tib. [[ཀླུའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཆེན་པོ་བརྒྱད་]], [[Wyl.]] ''klu'i rgyal po chen po brgyad'') — a list of great [[naga| nāga]] kings, who where amongst the audience when [[Buddha Shakyamuni]] taught the dharma. They are frequently mentioned in [[Vajrayana]] practices.


The [[Great Tibetan Dictionary]] gives the following list, while admitting there are other lists as well:
The [[Great Tibetan Dictionary]] gives the following list, while admitting there are other lists as well:
:1. Vāsuki (Tib. ''Norgyé'', Wyl. ''nor rgyas'')
:1. Vasuki (Skt. ''Vāsuki'', Tib. ''Norgyé'', Wyl. ''nor rgyas'')
:2. Padma (Tib. ''Pema'', Wyl. ''pad ma'')
:2. Padma (Tib. ''Pema'', Wyl. ''pad ma'')
:3. Karkoṭaka (Tib. ''Tobgyu'', Wyl. ''stobs rgyu'')
:3. Karkotaka (Skt. ''Karkoṭaka'', Tib. ''Tobgyu'', Wyl. ''stobs rgyu'')
:4. Takṣaka (Tib. ''Jokpo'', Wyl. '' 'jog po'')
:4. Takshaka (Skt. ''Takṣaka'', Tib. ''Jokpo'', Wyl. '' 'jog po'')
:5. Mahāpadma (Tib. ''Pema Chenpo'', Wyl. ''pad ma chen po'')
:5. Mahapadma (Skt. ''Mahāpadma'', Tib. ''Pema Chenpo'', Wyl. ''pad ma chen po'')
:6. Śaṅkhapāla (Tib. ''Dungkyong'', Wyl. ''dung skyong'')
:6. Shankhapala (Skt. ''Śaṅkhapāla'', Tib. ''Dungkyong'', Wyl. ''dung skyong'')
:7. Kulika (Tib. ''Rikden'', Wyl. ''rigs ldan'')
:7. Kulika (Tib. ''Rikden'', Wyl. ''rigs ldan'')
:8. Śeṣa (Tib. ''Tayé'', Wyl. ''mtha' yas '')
:8. Shesha (Skt. ''Śeṣa'', Tib. ''Tayé'', Wyl. ''mtha' yas '')


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 07:37, 4 August 2016

The Eight Great Naga Kings (Skt. nāgarāja, Tib. ཀླུའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་ཆེན་པོ་བརྒྱད་, Wyl. klu'i rgyal po chen po brgyad) — a list of great nāga kings, who where amongst the audience when Buddha Shakyamuni taught the dharma. They are frequently mentioned in Vajrayana practices.

The Great Tibetan Dictionary gives the following list, while admitting there are other lists as well:

1. Vasuki (Skt. Vāsuki, Tib. Norgyé, Wyl. nor rgyas)
2. Padma (Tib. Pema, Wyl. pad ma)
3. Karkotaka (Skt. Karkoṭaka, Tib. Tobgyu, Wyl. stobs rgyu)
4. Takshaka (Skt. Takṣaka, Tib. Jokpo, Wyl. 'jog po)
5. Mahapadma (Skt. Mahāpadma, Tib. Pema Chenpo, Wyl. pad ma chen po)
6. Shankhapala (Skt. Śaṅkhapāla, Tib. Dungkyong, Wyl. dung skyong)
7. Kulika (Tib. Rikden, Wyl. rigs ldan)
8. Shesha (Skt. Śeṣa, Tib. Tayé, Wyl. mtha' yas )

Further Reading

  • Beer, Robert. The Handbook of Tibetan Buddhist Symbols. Chicago: Serindia, 2003: 72 - 74.