History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.473
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.473
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³²¹ वासुकिस्तक्षकश्चैव कालियो मणिभद्रकः। ऐरावतो धृतराष्ट्रः कर्कोटकधनंजयौ। एतेऽभयं प्रयच्छन्ति प्राणिनां प्राणजीविनाम्। भविष्योत्तर 32 2-3 (with slight variations) q by का वि p 413. In other purāṇas twelve nāgas are named e g कृत्यतत्त्व p. 437 and तिथितत्त्व p 33 quote from गरुड 'अनन्तं वासुकिं शङ्खं पद्मं कम्बलमेव च। तथा कर्कोटकं नागं धृतराष्ट्रं च शङ्खकम्। कालियं तक्षकं चापि पिङ्गल मणिभद्रकम्। यजेत्तानसितान्नागान् दष्टमुक्तो दिवं व्रजेत् ॥', भविष्योत्तर 36 48-49 and Bhaviṣya I 32. 50-51 also set out twelve names of Nāgas, each one being the object of worship in each of the twelve months of the year.
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- Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Bhaviṣyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit