Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s3.t8.11

c14.s3.t8.11

The worship of Nāga (Nāgajanna) is specially mentioned In the north-east of Sāgey ²⁰⁶ there lay a Nāga shrine (Nāgaghara) with an image of a serpent ²⁰⁷ The festival of Nāga (Nāgayaṭṭā) was celebrated with great pomp and ceremony by the queen Paumāvaī The city was swept clean and was sprinkled over with water Then a flower-house (pupphamandava) was made near the shrine where a beautiful huge garland was suspended The queen took bath and in the company of her friends and relations proceeded to the shrine She bathed in the lake and with still moist robe plucked the lotuses and with various flowers, fruits and the incense pot in her hand, entered the temple, where she cleaned the image with a brush (lomahatthaga), burnt incense and worshipped the deity 208 Mention may be made of the worship of Pārśva by Dharaṇendra, who belongs to the Nāgakumāra gods. 209