INDIAN SERPENT-LORE: OR, THE NAGAS IN HINDU LEGEND AND ART

About the book:-The author has prepared the text of this discourse painstakingly. He explains that other nations have known or still practice this form of animal worship. But it would be difficult to quote another instance in which it takes such a prominent place in literature folklore, and art, as it does in India. Nor would it be possible to name another country where the development of this cult can be studied during a period which may be estimated at no less than three millennia. During so vast a space of time the deified serpents have haunted the imagination of the people of Hind. But even more astonishing is the endless variety of aspect under which the Nagas appear in Indian literature and art. We meet, on the one hand, with the primitive type of the reptile endowed with the magic properties which we are wont to associate with the dragon of western fable. On the other hand, the Naga frequently has the character of a water-spirit. Again, he may be able to assume any form he chooses, and commonly appears in human shape. In Brahmanical legend he may become a pious ascetic, in Buddhist lore he may even develop into a self-denying saint very often these various types appear strangely blended. In the present volume it has been his object to collect the legends relating to the Nagas which are found in the Brahmanical and Buddhist literature of India. The three chief repositories of serpent-lore, the Mahabharata, the Jataka Book, and the Rajatarangini, have, at least, been fully utilized. The stories here presented will certainly suffice to show the Nagas in that great variety of aspect to which reference has been made. About the author:-Jean Philippe Vogel (1871-1958) popularly known by his initials J. Ph. Vogel, was a Dutch Sanskritist and epigraphist who worked with the Archaeological Survey of India from 1901 to 1914 and later, as Professor in the University of Leiden. He worked as Superintendent of the Punjab, Baluchistan and Ajmer based at Lahore from January 1901 to 1914. Between 1910 and 1911, he even deputised as Director General of ASI in the absence of John Marshall. As archaeologist, he participated in excavations in Gandhara, the Punjab Hill States, Kusinagara and Mathura. The Title 'INDIAN SERPENT-LORE: OR, THE NAGAS IN HINDU LEGEND AND ART written/authored/edited by J. PH. VOGEL', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121225274 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 393 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in ENGLISH. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 17.78 x 24.13 cms Vol:-