Editing Serpent symbolism (section)

===Hindu mythology===
[[Image:Naga182.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Hoysala]] sculpture of a Naga couple, [[Halebidu]] ]]
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{{See|Hindu mythology|Vedic mythology|Buddhist mythology}}
''Naga'' ([[Sanskrit]]: नाग) is the [[Sanskrit]]/[[Pāli]] word for a deity or class of entity or being, taking the form of a very large snake, found in [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], and [[Jainism]]. The ''naga'' primarily represents rebirth, death and mortality, due to its casting of its skin and being symbolically "reborn".

Hindus associate the ''naga'' with the deities [[Shiva]] and [[Vishnu]]. [[Shesha]] is one of the two mounts of Vishnu, upon which the deity rests. [[Vasuki]] is a serpent coiled around the neck of Shiva. The snake represents freedom in [[Hindu mythology]] because they cannot be tamed. In Buddhism, the serpent [[Mucalinda]] is associated as the protector of [[Buddha]]. In Jainism, serpent is associated with the 23rd Tirthankara [[Parshvanatha]].