81:, a Jaina text, describes Naggai (Nagnajit) alias Silaraha as the ruler of Pundra-vardhana in Gandhara. The text mentions Dummukha of Uttara-Panchala-rashtra, Nimi of Videha, and Karandu of Kalinga as his contemporaries. It states that Naggai renounced the world and achieved liberation.
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Nagnajit as a king of Gandhara. He and other kings receive instructions from the sages Parvata and Narada regarding the substitute of Soma. The other kings include Somaka Sahadevya, Sahadeva Sarnjaya, Babhru Daivavrdha, and Bhima
91:, states that king Silaraha came to be known as Naggai after he married a beautiful damsel living on a mansion on a mountain, and started visiting her every fifth day. The king later built a city and Jaina shrines on the mountain.
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Nagnajit as the king of Gandhara, naming Svarjit as his son. The text quotes his opinion regarding to the construction of a sacrificial altar, but rejects it because he belongs to the ruling class, not the priestly
61:, a Buddhist text, describes Naggaji or Naggati (Nagnajit) as the king of Gandhara and Kashmir, with his capital at Takshashila. He embraces Buddhism along with other kings - Dummukha of Uttara-Panchala-rashtra, Nimi of
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Nagnajit, the scholar who wrote on temple architecture, sculpture, and painting. He lived sometime before the 6th century CE (as
Varahamihira refers to him), and likely wrote a treatise on Dravidian sculpture.
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Nagnajit alias Subala as an ally of Jarasandha; Nagnjit is embarrassed when Krishna defeats Jarasandha in a combat. Nagnajit's daughter Satya is one of the seven wives of Krishna.
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Shastri, there were at least three distinct kings named Nagnajit (who ruled in Gandhara and/or neighbouring areas), plus a scholar with the same name:
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does not describe him as a king, and suggests that
Nagnajit was associated with the Dravida (South Indian) school of sculpture, not Gandhara school of art.
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considers various possibilities: (1) the
Tibetan text contains only a part of a larger treatise attributed to Nagnajit (2) there were multiple texts titled
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was the penultimate king of Videha. The
Buddhist and Jain texts present Nagnajit as a believer in their respective faiths, and the Brahmanical text
362:(1991) disputes Ghosh's theory on various grounds. For example, different texts name different sons and teachers of Nagnajit. Also, Varahamihira's
385:. Shastri places this king in 7th century BCE or earlier, since two of these texts describe him as a contemporary of Nimi, who according to the
322:, dated to 1525 VS, cites Vinagnajit as an authority on Ayurveda; according to Shastri, "Vinagnajit" may be a typo for "Nagnajit".
226:(Sanskrit for "Conqueror of the naked"). He eventually becomes the first man to draw a portrait. Later in the chapter, the title
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rejects his opinion. According to historian
Shastri, this suggests that Nagnajit did not favour certain Brahmanical practices.
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J.C. Ghosh (1939) theorizes that the
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goes to Giri-vraja (located in the north-west), and defeats Nagnajit and others. Krishna defeats the sons of Nagnajit. The
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refers to Nagnajit and other authorities on Ayurveda in connection with the effects of poison.
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