[INDOLOGY] nāga-stotra

[Asko Parpola]

Dear Dave,

Jaimini as a name counteracting thunder is known to me only from your earlier 2011 post on the subject.

Otherwise Jaimini has figured much in my research. I attach my 2023 encyclopedia article on Jaimini and Bādarāyaṇa.

With best regards and wishes, Asko Parpola


> On 12. Jan 2025, at 20.52, Buchta, David via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> I'm seeking information about a nāga-stotra.
> Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa (!8th century) cites these verses in his commentary to a song by Rūpa Gosvāmin:
> 
> muneḥ kalyāṇamitrasya jaimineś cāpi kīrtanāt
> vidyud-agni-bhayaṃ nāsti likhite ca gṛhodare
> jaiminiś ca sumantuś ca vaiśampāyana eva ca
> pulastyaḥ pulahaś caiva pañcaite vajra-vāraṇāḥ
> 
> I have found these verses on many websites (usually in the opposite order, and with a few minor variants) as part of a nāga-stotra supposed to be recited on nāga-pañcamī.
> 
> Does anyone know anything more about this text? Is it part of a larger Purāṇa or the like? Or just a traditionally transmitted floating stotra? I'd also be happy to hear about any other sources for this idea of reciting sages' names (especially Jaimini) to counteract fear caused by thunder.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave
> --
> David Buchta, PhD
> Senior Lecturer in Sanskrit
> Department of Classics
> Brown University
> 
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