noun
mahoraga; giant serpent protectors of Buddhism
Buddhist term for one of the eight kinds of non-human beings who protect the Dharma, often depicted as giant serpents or snake-like deities.
摩ご羅迦は仏法を守護する八部衆の一つです。
Mahoraga is one of the eight kinds of beings that protect the Buddhist teachings.
Indian serpent deity; 摩ご羅迦 is sometimes equated with or derived from the naga concept, but specifically refers to the Buddhist protector form.
Transliteration of Sanskrit 'mahoraga', a class of serpent-like beings in Buddhist cosmology.