[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.1294 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1294 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1294 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1294](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1294) SAPTANĀGA (S). (Seven serpents). The Saptanāgas are Ananta, Takṣaka, Karka, Padma, Mahāpadma, Śaṅkhaka and Gulika. All of them should be consecrated in temples as wearing Brahma-string and having the face with the expanded hood of a serpent. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 51). - [Previous: c9.1293](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1293) - [Next: c9.1295](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1295) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.51) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1294](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1294) · Pramāṇa