Takshaka (Sanskrit: तक्षक, Takṣaka) is a Nagaraja in Hinduism and Buddhism. He is mentioned in the Hindu epic Mahabharata as well as in the Bhagavata Purana...

existence ended due to the curse of the sage Shringi, who used the Nāga king, Takshaka, the ruler of Taxila as the instrument of death. Parikshit was the husband...

thousand years. Hindu texts refer to three main beings by this title: Shesha, Takshaka, and Vasuki. All of them are the children of the rishi Kashyapa and Kadru...

forest were displaced. This was the root cause of the enmity of the Nāga Takshaka towards the Kuru kings who ruled from Indraprastha and Hastinapura. According...

to die so, the curse having been consummated by the serpent-chieftain Takshaka. Janamejaya bore a deep grudge against the serpents for this act, and thus...

Janamejaya to avenge the death of his father Parikshita, who was killed by Takshaka, the king of the snakes. The day that the sacrifice was stopped was on...

these thousand naga sons, the most prominent ones were Shesha, Vasuki and Takshaka. All the serpents born in this world are the descendants of these thousand...

of Takshasila and about his encounter with Nāga Takshaka. He wanted to exterminate the race of Takshaka who was responsible for the death of his father...

sage Kashyapa and his wife Danu. Mayasura had befriended a Nāga named Takshaka and lived with him in the area of Khandavaprastha along with his family...

On the way, a naga named Takshaka emitted a venom-spitting hiss. A disciple plucked the diamond upon the head of Takshaka and hurled it towards the earth...

Hachidai Ryūō), amongst Nanda (Nāgarāja), Upananda, Sāgara (Shakara), Takshaka, Balavan, Anavatapta, and Utpala. Vasuki is one of the sons of the sage...

conducted a sacrifice to destroy all the snakes of the world including Takshaka, who was the cause of his father Parikshit's death. Hundreds of thousands...

deity. According to the Mahabharata, Astika saved the life of the serpent Takshaka. This occurred when the king Janamejaya organised a snake sacrifice known...

Janamejaya, two main figures of the Mahābhārata's sarpasattra, as well as Takshaka, a snake in the Mahābhārata, occur. The Suparnakhyana, a late Vedic period...

snakes, of which Shesha was the eldest. After Shesha, Vasuki, Iravati and Takshaka were born, in that order. A lot of Shesha's brothers were cruel and were...

Vishnu from all his mouths. Other notable snakes in Hinduism are Vasuki, Takshaka, Karkotaka, and Pingala. The term Nāga is used to refer to entities that...

of the daitya Namuchi and Naga Kaliya; in the second Hayagriva and Naga Takshaka; in the third, those of Prahlada and Hemaka; in the fourth of Kalanemi...

that time, Takshaka came there in the disguise of a naked mendicant and stole the earrings. Uttanka tried to pursue the mendicant, but Takshaka had reverted...

Emperor Parikshit of the Kurus, getting bitten by the Nāga King Takshaka, who is said to be a member of the Ikshvaku clan....

Arjuna and the son of Abhimanyu, died of a bite by the poisonous snake Takshaka, due to a curse which had fallen upon him. King Janamejaya, his son, wanted...

discovers Takshaka is affected by musical sound frequencies, and Aiden uses this by playing music on his phone. Aru finds the soul song, but Takshaka overcomes...

witch and practitioner of black magic Setesuyara Batara Kala Semara Tjak Takshaka The Awan Perfumed Heaven Galungan Calon Arang Leyak (or Leák) Vasuki -...

in Arjuna's line, conquered Takshasila, probably then ruled by the Naga Takshaka. He conducted a massacre called Sarpa Satra meaning the slaughter of the...

desire to consume the forest of Khandava protected by Indra for the sake of Takshaka, the chief of the Nagas. Aided by Krishna and Arjuna, Agni consumes the...

(2020) Sai Ballal as Shakuni (2020) Vinit Kakar as Shishupala, Garuda, Takshaka and Svarbhanu (2020) Rohit Purohit as Ashwatthama (2020) Shresth Kumar...

and death of Pariksit due to his curse (bitten by a poisonous serpent Takshaka) Prayers of sage Markandeya to Nara-Narayana, resistance to Kamadeva sent...

Kanye (1977) Sanaadi Appanna (1977) as Shivaraya Babruvahana (1977) as Takshaka Singaporenalli Raja Kulla (1978)...Junie Shankar Guru (1978)...Madanlal...

their stories. The cosmic snake Shesha, the nagarajas (naga kings) Vasuki, Takshaka, Airavata and Karkotaka, and the princess Ulupi, are all depicted in the...

the episode of Kandava Dahana in epic Mahabharata. During the Dahana, Takshaka escaped the forest with little injuries and he cursed Agni (the fire god)...

Affiliation Naga Texts Mahabharata Genealogy Parents Kashyapa (father), Kadru (mother) Siblings Shesha, Vasuki, Manasa, Takshaka, and the rest of the Naga race...