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==Buddhist usages== | ==Buddhist usages== | ||
In Chinese Buddhist terminology, ''tianlong'' means either "heavenly [ | In Chinese Buddhist terminology, ''tianlong'' means either "heavenly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%81ga Nagas] (dragon gods)" or "Devas and Nāgas". | ||
First, ''tianlong'' 天龍 means "heavenly dragon/nāga" as the first of four nāga classes in Mahayana tradition (tr. Visser 1913:21-2). | First, ''tianlong'' 天龍 means "heavenly dragon/nāga" as the first of four nāga classes in Mahayana tradition (tr. Visser 1913:21-2). | ||
