Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s3.t8.9
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c14.s3.t8.9
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c14.s3.t8.9
²⁰⁴ The fire-like action ascribed to the Nāga poison is exemplified by various Brāhmanic and Buddhist legends For example according to the Mahābhārata the Nāga Takṣaka by his fiery bite reduced a banyan tree to ashes and king Parīkṣit's hall on fire Even the pool of the Yamunā is described as over-cast with a dense smoke caused by the poison-born fire of the Nāga Kāliya (Dr Vogel op cit p 10)
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- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit