Indian Regional nāga Cults and Individual nāga Stories in Chinese Buddhist Travelogues

• Authors: Max Deeg

Abstracts

EN

This paper attempts to link the archaeological and epigraphic evidence of nāga veneration in South Asia (Mathurā, Ajaṇṭā) with the textual sources about nāgas and their veneration from the Chinese Buddhist travelogues (Faxian, Xuanzang). As a specific case study, the information about the nāga Dadhikarṇa attested in Mathurā is compared with Faxian’s description of the cult of the nāga ‘White-Ear’ in Sāṅkāśya and other texts referring to rituals or festivals dedicated to nāgas.

Keywords

EN

Faxian; Xuanzang; Mathurā; nāga

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Acta Asiatica Varsoviensia
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 34
• Pages: 51-78

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Max Deeg

• https://orcid.org/0000000157032976

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