The word is cognate with English 'snake', Germanic: *snēk-a-, Proto-IE: *(s)nēg-o- (with s-mobile). Sometimes the word nāgá is also used generically to mean "snake". There are several words for "snake" in general, and one of the very commonly used ones is sarpá ( सर्प). In Sanskrit, a nāgá ( नाग) is a snake, most often depicted by a cobra, the Indian cobra ( Naja naja). Wikispecies has information related to Naja naja.
Communities such as the Khmer Nagavanshi Kshatriyas and Eelamese claim descent from this race. Narratives of these beings hold cultural significance in the mythological traditions of many South Asian and Southeast Asian cultures, and within Hinduism and Buddhism. Nagaraja is the title given to the king of the nagas. They are principally depicted in three forms: as entirely human with snakes on the heads and necks, as common serpents, or as half-human, half-snake beings in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. Rituals devoted to these supernatural beings have been taking place throughout South Asia for at least 2,000 years. According to legend, they are the children of the sage Kashyapa and Kadru. A female naga is called a Nagi, or a Nagini. The Nagas ( Sanskrit: नाग, romanized: Nāga) are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half- serpent beings that reside in the netherworld ( Patala), and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art. A Naga couple, featured as a Hoysala relief
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