Nagaloka (English spelling)

Japanese: Nāgaloka(英語表記)Nagaloka
Nagaloka (English spelling)

…Nirai Kanai in Okinawa has some things in common with the Dragon Palace on the mainland. [Obayashi Taryo] In ancient India, the underground world inhabited by the dragons (Nāga) was called Nāgaloka or Pātāla, and its capital was called Bhogavati (City of Pleasure) and was a luxurious place surrounded by walls studded with jewels. The palace of the Dragon King was called the Dragon Palace (Nāgabhavana or Nāgarājabhavana), where King Ananta, the leader of the dragons, Adishesha (the original dragon), lived surrounded by beautiful women. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Nāgaloka" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…沖縄のニライカナイにも本土の竜宮と共通する面がある。【大林 太良】 古来インドでは竜(ナーガNāga)族の住む地底の世界を〈ナーガローカNāgaloka〉あるいは〈パーターラPātāla〉とよび,その都は〈ボーガバティー(快楽の町)〉といわれ,宝石をちりばめた城壁に囲まれた豪華なものであった。竜王の宮殿を竜宮(ナーガババナNāgabhavanaまたはナーガラージャババナNāgarājabhavana)とよび,竜族の長アーディ・シェーシャ(原初の竜)たるアナンタ王が,美しい女たちに囲まれて住んでいた。…

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